Miraculous Protection as Iran Retaliates with Missile Barrage

Just five hours after the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites, Iran fired 27 missiles at Israel in two powerful salvos, and although many broke through defenses and caused direct hits, destroying entire buildings, miraculously no one was killed, with only one person moderately hurt and 25 others suffering light injuries.

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Five hours after the United States announced the destruction of Iranian nuclear sites, Iran launched two missile salvos targeting Israel – the first such attack in more than 30 hours.

A total of at least 27 missiles were fired in the attack, with impacts recorded in Haifa and across central Israel. According to IDF assessments, the first barrage consisted of 22 missiles, followed by a second with five more.

Following the attack, Magen David Adom teams treated and transported victims. Twenty-five people were rushed to hospitals, including a man in his 30s in moderate condition with shrapnel wounds to his upper body. The remaining victims had minor injuries.

United Hatzalah’s spokesperson summarized at 10 a.m. that following the missile strikes this morning in the center and north of the country, approximately 25 people were treated across all locations.

Shloimi Feder and Nati Dana, United Hatzalah paramedics who were at one of the locations in the north of the country, said: “This was a direct hit that caused extensive damage to buildings and vehicles. We provided medical assistance to those lightly injured by shrapnel, some of whom were evacuated to hospitals, and assistance to those suffering from shock.”

David Malka and Yoni Uziel, United Hatzalah paramedics who were at one of the locations in the center of the country, reported, “We provided medical assistance to the injured—one in moderate condition, the rest, fortunately, in light condition. United Hatzalah’s resilience teams provided assistance to those suffering from shock.”

Around 30 minutes later, the IAF announced that warplanes had begun a series of strikes toward military targets in western Iran.

Additionally, this morning, the IAF struck missile launchers ready to launch toward Israel, soldiers in the Iranian Armed Forces, and swiftly neutralized the launchers that launched missiles toward Israel a short while ago.

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Amid the deaths, injuries, and destruction in Israel, incredible nissim occur daily as Iran continues to fire barrages of ballistic missiles with powerful explosive warheads at the Jewish people.

Yet another incredible neis occurred on Sunday morning in Haifa to a Belzer family, who live in an old building that lacks not only safe rooms (mamadim) in the individual apartments but also has no communal bomb shelter.

While sirens blared in other parts of Israel at about 7:45 a.m., no sirens sounded in Haifa. [Ten minutes earlier, residents received a general warning on their phones that Iranian missiles were headed to Israel, and they should be prepared to rush to protected spaces if sirens were sounded in their vicinity.] But then residents of Haifa heard the sounds of large explosions, and it became apparent that there were direct hits in the city. According to an initial IDF probe, an Israeli interceptor missile malfunctioned and fell in the city.

Upon receiving a warning on their phone, the members of the family ran to the living room/dining room and huddled under the table. Minutes later, their home sustained a direct hit, and half the apartment collapsed! But Boruch Hashem, the members of the family, including small children, were rescued without a scratch, albeit with only the clothes on their back.

Bochurim from a nearby Chabad yeshiva joined the rescue efforts, and amid the destruction, burst into songs of hoda’ah for the incredible neis they witnessed.

Eight people were lightly injured in Haifa, and several people were treated for shock.

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WATCH:

Rabbi Yehuda Ginzburg, shliach in Haifa, arrived this morning (Sunday) at the Chabad House offices following the missile barrage from Iran and discovered damage from shrapnel and the blast impact of a rocket, saying, “Thank Hashem for the miracles.” “With Hashem’s help, we’ll repair the damage—and only expand the activities.”

Just hours after the American strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky, rov of the Chabad community in Rechovot and vice secretary of the Chabad Rabbinical Court, recorded a video message in English thanking President Donald Trump “as an Israeli and American citizen” for his steadfast support of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisroel.

A Belz Chossid was at home with his family in Haifa, in a house with no protected room. When the siren sounded, they hid under the living room table. The house took a direct hit, but the entire family walked out unharmed.