IDF says interceptor hit missile over Ramat Gan last night but failed to cause it to explode

An updated IDF probe into last night’s missile strike in Ramat Gan has found that the Hezbollah projectile launched from Lebanon was hit by an interceptor at an altitude of 12 kilometers (7.5 miles), but failed to cause it to explode.

The interceptor hit the Hezbollah missile, causing it to break up in the air but not detonate. The warhead and other fragments fell to the ground, exploding on a building in the Tel Aviv suburb.

The impact wounded several people, including one in serious condition, and caused extensive damage to the surrounding buildings.

A separate IDF probe into the deadly rocket strike on a home in the northern Arab town of Shfar’am last night has found that the woman who was killed was in an improperly built reinforced room.

Four Fajr-5 rockets were launched by Hezbollah in the attack, with three being intercepted by air defenses, according to the IDF. The fourth rocket struck the roof of the three-story building.

Safaa Awad, 41, was inside a reinforced room when the sirens went off, but the room was not built to code, according to the investigation.

The room had also improperly included a layer of ceramic tiles on the walls, which shattered as a result of the rocket impact, and hit Awad.