Buildings have been damaged and cars left burning in Tel Aviv, Israel after an Iranian missile attack Tuesday morning.
There were at least four impact sites across Tel Aviv, with six people reported wounded so far, according to Israel’s emergency response service, Magen David Adom.
Search and rescue teams are on the ground at several of the impact sites, police said.
Video from one scene, obtained by CNN, shows black smoke billowing as a fire burns next to a building that appears heavily damaged. The facade of several floors of the building has been torn off, while debris litters the ground below.
Israel’s military had warned earlier Tuesday morning of missile launches from Iran, and police said bomb disposal experts have been sent to deal with fallen explosives.
The Israel Defense Forces also said it was responding to “several sites in central Israel” where impacts have been reported.
Some Gulf countries warned of missile attacks from Iran overnight. Here is the latest:
Kuwait:
Kuwait’s army said early Tuesday its air defense systems were intercepting missiles from Iran for the second time since midnight.
Earlier, the country’s electricity ministry said seven power lines around the country had been taken out of service due to damage from falling debris following air defense interceptions, Kuwait’s state news agency reported.
Bahrain:
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry warned several times late Monday and into early Tuesday that sirens had been sounded and urged the public to “remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.”
Saudi Arabia:
The kingdom’s defense ministry wrote on X that it had intercepted and destroyed several drones overnight.
Search and rescue forces are heading to several sites in southern Israel where debris from intercepted projectiles fell early Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Warnings about a launch from Iran came shortly after dawn, around 6:17 a.m., with sirens ringing in Be’er Sheva, Arad, and other southern cities, according to Israel’s Home Front Command.
Several fragments fell in Be’er Sheva, according to Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency response service. A police spokesperson said bomb disposal experts are now searching the Negev desert region for fallen debris.
No injuries were reported so far, but the IDF was urging the public to avoid gathering near impact sites.
Meanwhile, footage geolocated by CNN showed projectiles flying above Tel Aviv on Tuesday morning as Israel issued the warnings for the country’s south.
China has taken the rare step of adjusting its fuel pricing mechanism to limit the impact of rising global oil prices on its market.
The country’s top economic planner raised the ceiling for domestic gasoline and diesel prices as of midnight but said on Monday it was taking “temporary regulatory measures” to limit the increases.
The move is the first time China has made such an intervention since its pricing mechanism for refined oil products was introduced more than a decade ago, state news outlet Xinhua said.
Maximum retail prices on gas and diesel prices were raised by 1,160 yuan (about $168) and 1,115 yuan (about $162) per metric ton, respectively, as opposed to the 2,205 yuan (about $320) and 2,120 yuan (about $308) hike that would have been implemented without the intervention.
The price hike is still the largest fuel price adjustment on record, according to data cited by Reuters.
The move was meant to “cushion the shock from this abnormal rise in international oil prices, ease the burden on downstream users, and ensure stable economic operation and people’s livelihoods,” the National Development and Reform Commission said in its announcement.
NDRC official Lv Zhichen called the move a crucial part of “safeguarding” China’s economy in an interview with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, adding that if the global crude oil prices keep rising sharply, Beijing could introduce fiscal and tax support policies to stabilize supply.
Some context: As part of a broader push to tighten its national security, Beijing in recent years has sought to cushion itself from oil shocks by stockpiling crude reserves, diversifying imports and investing billions in clean energy such as wind, solar and electric vehicles.
CNN’s Joyce Jiang contributed reporting.
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Child rescued from site of reported strike on residential building in Tehran
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Child rescued from site of reported strike on residential building in Tehran
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A video by the Iranian Red Crescent shows rescue workers rescuing a child from the site of a residential building which the aid agency says was struck in Tehran Monday.
The footage shows workers pulling the child through the window and escorting him safely to the ground, which is covered in rubble. The Red Crescent had previously said it was searching for a child “beneath the debris of a residential building.”
The Israeli military said Monday it was conducting strikes on regime targets in the “heart of Iran.” Several locations across the Iranian capital were targeted, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.
