Syrian missile falls near Israeli nuclear power plant. Israel responds
Reuters reports that a Syrian missile exploded in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli military said, in an incident that triggered warning sirens in an area close to the Dimona nuclear reactor.
Explosion heard near Dimona #nuclear reactor in #Israel . Sirens alerting to rocket attacks heard in the southern part of the country.
– Steve Herman (@ W7VOA) April 21, 2021
The launch was a Syrian response to a previous Israeli attack that targeted the suburbs of Damascus. Israel claims to have responded to the apparent retaliatory missile attack from Syria.
At the same time, the Jerusalem Post has this urgent headline overnight (local time): "Missile launched at Israel from Syria, IDF responds with air strikes."
BREAKING: A surface-to-air missile was fired from Syria to Israel's southern Negev.
In response, we struck the battery from which the missile was launched and additional surface-to-air batteries in Syria.
– Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 22, 2021
There have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel. The army reported that several missile batteries in Syria were attacked in response to the launch, including the one from which the bomb was launched.
The Syrian state news agency then said Syrian air defenses intercepted the Israeli attack that targeted areas on the outskirts of Damascus. "The air defenses intercepted the rockets and shot down most of them," the agency said.
Another unconfirmed video / Reportedly SAA AD launch scene. #Damascus #Syria
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– Aleph א
(@no_itsmyturn) April 22, 2021
"A Reuters reporter about 90 km (56 miles) north of Dimona heard the sound of an explosion just minutes before the military tweeted that sirens had gone off in the region," the report continued.
“The wandering Syrian missile was an SA-5, one of many fired at Israeli Air Force aircraft, according to an Israeli military spokesman. It didn't hit the reactor, he added ”. If it had occurred, it would be a random hit, a ground-to-air missile that lost its course before crashing to the ground, randomly near the Israeli nuclear power plant.
Even if the fact had not been intentional, it is still significant of the level of tension that exists in the Middle East and how easy it is for an event, even almost accidental, to cause a real disaster.
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