Errant Israeli interceptor appears to hit Jordan’s Aqaba

Videos shared online from Jordan show a malfunctioning interceptor missile apparently hitting the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Aqaba, which nearly abuts Eilat.

In the videos, the interceptor appears to land near the Ayla inlet, a luxury development just a few hundred meters from the border with Israel.

Two explosions are heard, one seemingly triggered as part of the missile’s apparatus aimed at destroying enemy projectiles, and a second one from the missile impacting wth the ground.

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There has been no comment from Jordanian authorities overnight.

The army said earlier that an interceptor fired at a drone approaching the Eilat area from Iraq malfunctioned and fell in the Eilat area.

???????????????? The Israeli Iron Dome interceptor, which failed after attempting to intercept an Iraqi drone over Eilat, fell in the Aqaba area in Jordan!!#WWIII #Israel #iranattack #Jordan #droneattack pic.twitter.com/u9OIG5ZDTD

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