Israel and Iran traded strikes for a fourth day early Monday, damaging two high-rise residential buildings in central Israel, emergency officials said.
June 15 Israel and Iran traded strikes for a fourth day early Monday, damaging two high-rise residential buildings in central Israel, emergency officials said.
Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency aid organization, said at least three people died in the attacks on the buildings. At least 67 people were transported to local hospitals from four Iranian missile strikes, The Times of Israel reported.
Citing the Israel Electric Corporation, CNN reported that the strikes damaged the region’s electricity grid.
„Teams are working on the ground to neutralize safety hazards, in particular the risk of electrocution due to torn electrical wires“, the Israel Electric Corporation said in a statement.
„At the same time, work is being carried out to repair the infrastructure and restore the electricity supply.
Israel launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities Friday, killing nuclear scientists and researchers, and hampering the Islamic regime’s plan to enrich uranium for ultimate use in a warhead. In the days since, the two countries have traded strikes on strategic positions.
CNN reported that video appears to show explosions and damage to buildings and infrastructure near an oil refinery in the Israeli city of Haifa on Monday.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Iranian regime targeted U.S. President Donald Trump for his efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons program and worked toward trying to assassinate him.
„They want to kill him“, Netanyahu said during an appearance on Fox News‘ Special Report, „He’s enemy number one. He’s a decisive leader. He never took the path that others took to try to bargain with them in a way that is weak, giving them basically a pathway to enrich uranium, which means a pathway to the bomb, padding it with billions and billions of dollars.
