The Eilat municipality reported Wednesday morning that security forces are scanning open areas adjacent to the Jordanian port of Aqaba to rule out shrapnel falls. No falls, casualties, or damage have been found so far, according to the municipality.
The Eilat municipality announced Wednesday morning that security forces have completed scanning open areas near the Jordanian port of Aqaba and found no shrapnel, casualties, or damage. The scans follow a series of reports from around 10:43 Jerusalem of Iranian ballistic missiles targeting Aqaba, with the IDF confirming by 10:43 that fragments from a missile toward the port fell on the Jordan-Israel and Egypt-Israel borders, not on Israeli territory.
The sequence of events began at 10:43, when initial reports said two Iranian missiles from the Tabriz region were intercepted by the US over Jordan, causing explosions heard in Eilat and an Arkia commercial flight to turn back. By the same minute, the IDF stated that the missile fragments had landed on the Jordan and Egypt borders. Shortly after, at 10:50, security analyst Yair Goldblatt reported a possible shrapnel scene near the Israel-Jordan border in the Eilat area, prompting the municipality's precautionary scans. The municipality's statement this morning found no evidence of any falls on Israeli soil.
As The Zioneer reported on Monday, the Shin Bet had stated there was no concrete threat to Eilat, amid heightened security in recent weeks. The city opened all public shelters on Sunday June 14, following earlier incidents. The current incident appears to have been a missile aimed at Aqaba rather than Israel, with the IDF ruling out impacts on Israeli territory.
What remains open is whether the shrapnel scene reported by Goldblatt at 10:50 was a false alarm or related to the missile fragments. The municipality's scans did not locate any fall, but the report remains unverified. No further alerts or changes in Home Front Command instructions have been issued.
8 developments
- ConfirmedEilat residents report explosions overhead as missile appears to head toward Aqaba; sirens sound in Jordan
- ConfirmedAqaba port CEO denies evacuation, says operations normal, after US Embassy threat alert
- StrongShin Bet says no concrete threat to Eilat, amid security reports
- ConfirmedIDF launches interceptors near Eilat after fire toward Jordan; fragments fall in open area
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