CNN’s Jerusalem Correspondent Jeremy Diamond saw Tel Aviv streets littered with debris as rescue and military personnel searched through rubble at a scene that appeared to have been struck by four ballistic missiles.
One woman said she “felt the impact” of the strikes from her basement, where she was hunkering down.
“We came out really slowly because we were scared,” she told Diamond, adding that “buildings were falling as we walked.”
“It smelled like smoke… I had to cover my nose with my T-shirt. We had to walk down the street to make sure we weren’t inhaling it,” she said.
One of the residential buildings near the scene had partially collapsed and debris could be seen from blocks away, Diamond said, adding at least 10 people have been taken to hospital.
People could be seen arriving to assess the damage and families and friends embracing one another, as the shock from the strikes adds to the anxiety of residents.
He said it could have been a “much deadlier scene” without the shelters that people were able to enter before the missile struck.
“Every single person who survived this attack, who we spoke to, was in some kind of bomb shelter or underground shelter at the moment of impact. That’s because a couple hours before this missile struck, there was an early warning about a potential ballistic missile attack coming from Iran.”
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