Iran’s second night of ballistic missile attack on Saturday aimed to be targeted around Israel’s major port city, Haifa.
Iran on Saturday launched a barrage of missiles at Israel with sirens being heard across the country as Tehran targeted Israel’s port city Haifa and five people were reportedly killed in the strikes. Emergency responders said that rockets from Iran hit Tamra, east of Haifa, wounding dozens and killing four others, including a Palestinian woman and her two daughters.
The barrage of attacks by Iran was the first on early Sunday morning, as Israel sent alerts to its citizens to take shelter and sirens were activated in the northern Israel and Haifa area while Israeli air defenses were activated to intercept the attack.
Iran’s second night of ballistic missile attack on Saturday aimed to be targeted around Israel’s major port city, Haifa. In the spill over effect of Iran’s missile attack on Haifa, Syria, Jordan and Iraq announced closure of their airspace. And Lebanon also canceled all its incoming and outgoing flights as Iranian projectiles were spotted in Beirut, Washington Post reported.
Why is Iran targeting Haifa Iran launched three major attacks on Friday night and Saturday morning with hundreds of ballistic missiles that injured about 80 people and killed three others. On Saturday night and early Sunday morning, Iran targeted Israel with dozens of ballistic missiles that even landed in Israel’s port city Haifa.