A missile attack from Iran sparked a fire at a key industrial chemical complex in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel’s state-owned TV channel reported.<\/p>\n
Video footage circulating on social media showed a large plume of smoke rising above Neot Hovav, a major industrial area in the Negev Desert used mainly for chemical production and hazardous waste treatment. Loud blasts were also heard.<\/p>\n
Israeli media reported that it was the third time the complex had been hit by a missile, or missile fragments, from Iran since the start of the regional conflict in late February.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military confirmed it had activated sirens in the region. It later said search and rescue forces were on their way to \u201ca site in southern Israel where reports of impact have been received,\u201d without specifying the exact location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A missile attack from Iran sparked a fire at a key industrial chemical complex in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel’s state-owned TV channel reported. Video footage circulating on social media showed a large plume of smoke rising above Neot Hovav, a major industrial area in the Negev Desert used mainly for chemical production and hazardous […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":73445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,17],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[213],"class_list":{"0":"post-73444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n