FACT CHECK: Did Iran's missiles hit Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office?
A fresh set of explosions were also heard above Jerusalem as air raid sirens sounded on Monday
A fresh set of explosions were also heard above Jerusalem as air raid sirens sounded on Monday
A fresh set of explosions were also heard above Jerusalem as air raid sirens sounded on Monday
A fresh set of explosions were also heard above Jerusalem as air raid sirens sounded on Monday
Israel on Monday dismissed claims that PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office was hit in a missile attack amid Iran's tenth wave of retaliatory strikes against Washington and Tel Aviv.
This comes after a military spokesperson from the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed in a video statement that Tehran's Khaibar missiles had successfully struck Netanyahu’s office, as well as the home of Israel's Air Force chief Tomer Bar in a "surprise attack".
"The office of the criminal prime minister of the Zionist regime and the headquarters of the regime’s air force commander were targeted," the IRGC said, as per a report from semi-official news agency Fars.
This also came amid a fresh set of explosions heard above Jerusalem as air raid sirens sounded on Monday, AFP journalists said.
"A short while ago, the IDF identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel. Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had said in a statement at around that time.
A Times of Israel report noted that Netanyahu's office had called the IRGC's claims "fake news", and said that the Israeli premier's office was "intact".
(More details are awaited.)