TEL AVIV (Reuters) -The Israeli army is checking whether or not an explosion in central Tel Aviv within the early hours of Friday was attributable to a drone assault, the military mentioned.
Police mentioned the physique of a person was present in an house near the explosion and mentioned the circumstances have been being investigated.
“Earlier tonight (Friday), an explosion sounded in the area of central Tel Aviv. We are looking into the reports that it was an aerial target. The incident is under review,” the army mentioned in a short assertion.
No aerial sirens have been reported previous to the blast, which occurred hours after the Israeli army confirmed it had killed a senior commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in southern Lebanon.
Footage from the location confirmed damaged glass strewn throughout town pavements as crowds of onlookers gathered across the web site close to a constructing bearing blast marks that was sealed off by police tape.
