Hezbollah missile damages buildings, a bus in Tel Aviv area

Five people were wounded in the Ramat Gan area in central Israel after a projectile crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon, Magen David Adom (MDA) said on Monday evening.

The IDF said an impact was identified, likely from interception debris, while the police district chief later contradicted this, noting a direct missile hit had been identified in the area. 

The Ramat Gan municipality later said that an investigation conducted by security officials at the scene established that a missile had struck in the area. 

In a later report, the IDF stated that following an examination at the site, the damage was caused by parts of a missile following interception. An interceptor hit the surface-to-surface missile at a high altitude, breaking it into several pieces. As a result, parts of the missile hit the ground, causing damage and wounding civilians.

MDA reported it was transferring a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, three people in moderate condition, and one person who had sustained light wounds to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva. 

Israel Police stated the hit caused damage to several buildings and an empty bus nearby.

Police said that Tel Aviv District forces conducted searches to rule out the possibility of trapped individuals.

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United Hatzalah paramedics recounted from the scene, "We provided assistance to a 54-year-old woman in serious condition, three people in moderate condition, and several people lightly wounded."

"The victims are suffering from wounds, cuts, and bruises due to glass shards from windows that shattered as a result of the direct hit. Some of the wounded were evacuated in United Hatzalah ambulances that arrived at the scene," they said, adding that United Hatzalah teams were caring for those suffering from anxiety. 

Starting at 8:45 p.m. local time, multiple rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including Tel Aviv. 

Drone infiltration in North

Shortly following the sirens in central Israel, hostile aircraft intrusion alerts sounded in the Haifa area. The military subsequently noted it had intercepted a drone that had entered Israeli territory from Lebanon. 

Later, hostile aircraft intrusion alerts were triggered in Eilat, which the IDF later said were a false alarm. 

This is a developing story.