Israel-Iran Conflict Enters Second Week: Iran Missile Hits Israel’s Beersheba (image:x.com/NoorAlamba48520)
Israeli military said that sirens sounded in southern Israel early on Friday after missiles were fired from Iran.
“Sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel,” the military said on Telegram. It added that the defence systems were working to intercept them.
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According to the Quds News Network, a missile has reportedly struck a building in the Israeli city of Beersheba. Israeli emergency service says that five people are “lightly injured” by the missile strike, Israel’s Channel 12 reports.
“One of the buildings was visibly destroyed, and there is damage to other apartments. We have set up two points to treat the injured and we are conducting medical examinations for residents who are leaving the buildings,” MDA paramedic Dvir Ben-Zeev told the media outlet.
As per the local media reports, due to the missile strike, Israeli railway officials has temporarily closed the city’s north station.
Meanwhile, as the air strike between Israel and Iran entered its second week this Friday, European diplomats are pushing for negotiations. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would decide within 2 weeks whether to strike Iran. Trump is open to a diplomatic solution with Iran, White House said adding that his main priority remains preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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Reading out a message from Trump, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: “Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.”
Since the conflict started, thousands of foreigners have already left Israel and Iran, and countries are evacuating their nationals by air, land and sea.
