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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
IDF says impact on northern highway caused by Iron Dome interceptor that malfunctioned
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Police work at the site of a Hezbollah drone strike near Nahariya, August 6, 2024. (Flash90)
The IDF says the impact on the Route 4 highway near Nahariya amid a Hezbollah drone attack on the Western Galilee was an Iron Dome interceptor missile that malfunctioned.
“According to an initial investigation, it emerged that it was an interceptor that missed the target and impacted the ground,” the IDF says.
The missile impact wounded at least one person critically.
Several Hezbollah drones did also impact the Nahariya area.
Hundreds of meters away from the impact on the highway, a woman was wounded by shrapnel, and at a separate location, another five people were lightly hurt by a blast, according to medics.
