A man who was trapped in a vehicle was found dead after a missile directly hit an Israeli community on the border with Lebanon.
Intense flames consumed two vehicles that were blocking a road in the kibbutz of Misgav Am, in northern Israel, as shown in images released on Sunday (22) by the Israeli emergency services.
“We arrived at the scene and saw two vehicles on fire,” said a Magen first responder David Adom, adding that the man was found in the driver’s seat with “no vital signs.”
In another attack on Sunday, the Israeli military reported “a missile launch from Lebanon toward a northern border community.” THE CNN has not confirmed whether the cases are related.
What is happening in the Middle East?
The United States and Israel are at war with Iran. The conflict began on February 28, when a coordinated attack between the two countries in Tehran.
Several high-ranking officials of the Iranian regime were also killed. Furthermore, the US claims to have as well as air defense systems, planes and other military targets.
In retaliation, the ayatollahs’ regime carried out attackssuch as the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Oman. Iranian officials say they are targeting only U.S. and Israeli interests in those nations.
More than 1,200 civilians have died in Iran since the start of the war, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency. The White House, in turn, registered at least seven deaths of American soldiers in direct relation to the Iranian attacks.
The conflict also . Hezbollah, an armed group backed by Iran, in retaliation for the death of Ali Khamenei. As a result, Israel has carried out aerial offensives against what it says are Hezbollah targets in the neighboring country. Hundreds of people have died on Lebanese territory since then.
With the death of much of its leadership, an Iranian council elected a new supreme leader: . Experts point out that it and represents .
Donald Trump showed dissatisfaction with this choice, . He had said that he would need to be involved in the process and said that Mojtaba would be “unacceptable” to Iran’s leadership.
