Five people have been injured this Monday, including a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, following the firing of a missile by the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah against the center of Israel while the exchange of attacks intensifies parallel to what seems like the final stretch of the negotiation for a truce.
After the activation of sirens in numerous densely populated towns located in the urban belt around Tel Aviv, warning of an attack by projectiles, drones or missiles, the Israeli defensive system detected a missile fired from Lebanon. According to the first statement from the army, the Air Force managed to intercept it but the remains of the neutralization missile hit the city of Ramat Gan, causing injuries and destruction.
“A fall was identified in the area, it was probably shrapnel from the launched interceptor,” the army said. Later, however, the head of the district police Tel Aviv He stated that the impact was directly from the missile that contained a large explosive charge. That is, the system David’s Sling He did not intercept it or, if he did, it was only partially.
An empty bus, shops and part of a large building suffered the impact that caused injuries, a fire, material damage and power outages in a busy urban area during the day in Ramat Gan and located very close to the small town of Bnei Brak. The name of the attacked street remembers the founder of the country: Ben Gurion.
Due to the sirens activated in large areas of the center of the country that affected more than a million people, the airport of Ben Gurion It suspended landings and takeoffs for a few minutes.
Hours earlier, an Arab-Israeli teacher was killed and five people were injured by a projectile launched by Hezbollah against a residential building in the town of Shfaram, in northern Israel. The rest of the projectiles were intercepted in another day of sirens and interceptions.
Attacks and negotiations
As expected, the increasing amounts of information about a close truce agreement between Israel and Hizbullah They are accompanied by optimism but also by mutual and increasing attacks.
While the pro-Iran militia has increased the launch of its missiles, drones and projectiles basically against northern Israel, the Israeli Air Force has considerably intensified the bombing in Lebanon. At least five people died and more than 20 were injured this Monday in Beirut in an air attack by the Israeli army, which on the other hand continues the ground incursion into Lebanese areas near the border, waiting for greater progress in case of failure in the ceasefire negotiation.
If there are no last minute surprises, the American emissary Amos Hochstein He will meet this Tuesday with the president of the Lebanese Parliament and Hezbollah ally, Nabih Berri, in the Lebanese capital to find out the response to the truce proposal delivered last week.
The confirmation of his trip to the region came after receiving positive indications about the possibility of reaching an agreement in principle to end an escalation initiated by Hezbollah on October 8 of last year in support of Hamas. Once you conclude your meetings in Beirut, Hochstein could travel to Israel.