Iran fires missiles at Israeli port city of Haifa, leaving 19 people injured

At least 19 people were injured in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa as Iran fired a fresh barrage of missiles on Friday afternoon, authorities said.

Iran has been launching daily missile salvos at Israel for the past week since a wide-ranging Israeli attack on its nuclear and military facilities triggered war.

One projectile slammed into an area by the docks in Haifa on Friday afternoon where it damaged a building and blew out windows, littering the ground with rubble, AFP images showed.

Israel’s foreign ministry said it struck “next to” the Al-Jarina mosque.

The locations of missile strikes in Israel are subject to strict military censorship rules and are not always provided in detail to the public.

A spokesman for Haifa’s Rambam hospital said 19 people had been injured in the city, with one in a serious condition.

A military official said that “approximately 20 missiles were launched towards Israel” in the latest Iranian salvo.

More than 450 missiles have been fired at the country so far, along with about 400 drones, according to Israel’s National Public Diplomacy Directorate.

The directorate added that the country’s tax authority had received over 25,000 claims linked to damage caused to buildings during the war.

Israel launched a massive wave of strikes on June 13, triggering an immediate retaliation from Tehran.