JERUSALEM, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Residents living in the vicinity of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem said they saw no indication of missile impacts on Monday, after Iran claimed its missiles had targeted the office and the prime minister's fate was unknown.
Around noon, air raid sirens sounded in the Jerusalem area, as well as in multiple regions in central and southern Israel. However, local police and rescue services reported no hits, injuries, damage, or interceptions above Jerusalem.
According to residents, there were no eyewitness accounts of any missile impact in the area of the office.
Xinhua reporters at the site observed no presence of military personnel, police forces, or emergency responders outside the compound, while traffic in the surrounding streets continued to flow normally. No smoke was seen rising from the site, and the building appeared intact and undamaged.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Xinhua on the Iranian statement regarding the attack.
Israeli media analysts dismissed the Iranian claims. "It is fake news," Amit Segal, the chief political analyst for the Israeli Channel 12 News, wrote on his Telegram channel. Suleiman Maswadeh, the chief diplomatic reporter for the state-owned Kan TV news, also reported on his Telegram channel that the claim had no corroboration. ■
