The Israeli military has intercepted several missiles fired from Egypt before the impact in Eilat on the Red Sea. The projectiles were d...
The Israeli military has intercepted several missiles fired from Egypt before the impact in Eilat on the Red Sea. The projectiles were destroyed by the missile defense system "Eisenkuppel". Most recently, Islamic extremists had fired rockets at Eilat in 2012 and 2010.
The Israeli military has intercepted several missiles fired from Egypt. The rocket defense system "Iron Dome" ("iron dome") had stopped the projectiles; No one had been harmed, the military said. There were sirens in the southern Israeli town of Eilat. Residents reported several explosions.
In recent years, Islamic extremists from the Egyptian peninsula of Sinai had repeatedly tried to fire missiles at Eilat. Whether they were behind the attack this time is still unclear.
Incident at the border with Syria
Also from Syria was shot on Wednesday on Israel. A tank had fired at the Israeli-controlled Golan heights, the military said. Thereupon the fire had been replied that a position of the Syrian government had been taken. But there were no reports that someone had been hurt.
