Dozens of people were wounded and Israel’s emergency response service declared a mass casualty event after an Iranian missile hit a city in southern Israel Saturday evening. CNN reported.
Magen David Adom (MDA) said at least 74 people were injured at two different impact sites in Arad, including seven in serious condition. MDA said there were still people missing at the scene. The strike on Arad appears to have resulted in the highest number of people injured in a single attack since the start of the war with Iran.
Videos from United Hatzalah, another emergency response service, showed multiple buildings that took major damage, including outer walls ripped off and smoke rising from at least one building.
It is the second time in a matter of hours that Iranian missile appears to have pierced Israel’s missile defense array and struck cities in southern Israel.
The UK denounced what it called “Iran’s reckless attacks” after ballistic missiles were fired toward the joint US-UK Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean.
The US has lifted sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian oil, including temporarily removing sanctions on oil currently at sea, as the Trump administration seeks to tackle a worsening energy crisis.
