Four Israelis were killed an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Haifa, Israeli media reported on Monday after their bodies were recovered from under the rubble.
A fresh barrage targeting the same area wounded four Israelis and caused additional damage.
The Fire and Rescue Service said early Monday that following hours of efforts alongside the Home Front Command, forces “rescued two trapped individuals found under the rubble without signs of life.”
A few hours later, it was announced that a third body had been found underneath the wreckage of the building.
The video below, posted by The Times of Israel, shows the rescue operations after Iran missile atatck on Haifa.
A short time after that, rescue forces said they had also recovered a fourth body, some 18 hours after the missile hit on Sunday.
Four Israelis were initially reported missing after the strike, first responders said late Sunday, adding that the building was at “serious” risk of collapse.
The missile impact caused several floors of building to collapse; however, there was no major damage to nearby homes, Israeli media reported, citing investigations by occupation military and police.
An Israeli Air Force probe found that the missile was not intercepted because it broke up in the air.
Interceptors missed their target because the projectile broke apart and its expected trajectory changed, according to the probe.
A section of the missile, apparently the warhead, then fell down and struck the residential building, causing the partial collapse, the probe added.
Israeli settlers who reside in the area described a huge bang and a mushroom cloud followed ten minutes later by a gas explosion.
Source: Israeli media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)