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Serious risk of Haifa building collapsing after direct missile strike, firefighters say
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Firefighters operate at the scene of a direct missile strike on a residential building in Haifa, on April 5, 2026. (Haifa Fire and Rescue Service)
A residential building in Haifa that sustained a direct impact of an Iranian ballistic missile is at risk of collapsing, firefighters say.
The Fire and Rescue Service says a blaze erupted at the scene, and “there is a serious concern of a building collapse.”
Four injured people have been evacuated from the scene. The fire service says that it is carrying out scans “under complex conditions due to the possibility of trapped individuals.”
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