JERUSALEM: Five people were injured Monday in the suburbs of Israel’s commercial capital Tel Aviv, including one woman in serious condition, after rocket fire hit central Israel, first responders said.
Air raid sirens had sounded earlier in Tel Aviv and in several cities of central Israel, Israel’s civil defense command said.
The military said it had “intercepted one projectile” that crossed from Lebanon while Israeli police said they received reports of rocket debris falling in the Tel Aviv area.
The Magen David Adom service said its first responders evacuated five injured people to hospitals following rocket strikes in the Ramat Gan region, near Tel Aviv.
AFPTV footage shot in Ramat Gan around 10:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) showed a fire that started on a sidewalk at the base of a transmission tower, as well as surrounding buildings with blown windows.
Earlier, a spokesman for Israeli firefighters said a rocket strike killed a woman in the northern Israeli town of Shfaram, east of the Haifa area.
The military said Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, fired around 100 projectiles from Lebanon toward Israel on Monday, while Israel’s air force carried out more deadly strikes on Beirut.
Israel and Hezbollah have been at war since September.
Five wounded in Tel Aviv area rocket strikes: first responders
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Five wounded in Tel Aviv area rocket strikes: first responders
- Air raid sirens had sounded earlier in Tel Aviv and in several cities of central Israel, Israel’s civil defense command said
- The military said it had “intercepted one projectile” that crossed from Lebanon while Israeli police said they received reports of rocket debris falling in the Tel Aviv area
Morocco’s energy ministry puts gas pipeline project on hold
- The country’s natural gas demand is expected to rise to 8 billion cubic meters in 2027 from around 1 bcm currently, according to ministry estimates
RABAT: Morocco’s energy ministry said on Monday it has paused a tender launched last month for a gas pipeline project, without giving details on the reasons for the suspension.
The tender sought bids to build a pipeline linking a future gas terminal at the Nador West Med port on the Mediterranean to an existing pipeline that allows Morocco to import LNG through Spanish terminals and supply two power plants.
It also covered a section that would connect the existing pipeline to industrial zones on the Atlantic in Mohammedia and Kenitra.
“Due to new parameters and assumptions related to this project... the ministry of energy transition and sustainable development is postponing the receipt of applications and the opening of bids received as of today,” the ministry said in a statement.
Morocco is looking to expand its use of natural gas to diversify away from coal as it also accelerates its renewable energy plan, which aims for renewables to account for 52 percent of installed capacity by 2030, up from 45 percent now.
The country’s natural gas demand is expected to rise to 8 billion cubic meters in 2027 from around 1 bcm currently, according to ministry estimates.
