Fire in Tel Aviv after rockets strike central Israel

A large fire broke out in downtown Tel Aviv on Monday after air raid sirens sounded across the city.

Video footage showed flames engulfing the area, reportedly caused by a rocket strike from Lebanon that hit a shopping centre in Ramat Gan.

The Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported another rocket struck a bus in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, while air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport was temporarily halted.

Red alert sirens also sounded in Haifa, in northern Israel. According to the Israeli military, its defence systems intercepted rocket fire from Lebanon, but fragments fell in central Israel. 

“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the centre of the country, the air force intercepted one launch that crossed Lebanese territory. A fall was detected, apparently originating from interception fragments,” the military said on X.