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Israel says no casualties reported after Iran missile launches
Iran launched several rounds of missiles at Israel early on Thursday, the Israeli military said, triggering alerts in several areas and explosions heard in Jerusalem.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, the AFP report said.
After a lull of more than seven hours, Israel’s military issued three separate alerts warning of Iranian missile fire in under two hours.
Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB also reported the launches.
Explosions were heard in Jerusalem after the third reported launch.
But Israel’s emergency services, the Magen David Adom, said it had received no reports of casualties after early Thursday’s rocket fire, and the military had cleared people to leave their shelters.
On Wednesday, the military’s Home Front Command had said it would ease some war-related restrictions effective midday Thursday, citing a decline in the number of missiles fired by Iran.
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