JERUSALEM, April 5 (Xinhua) -- A missile attack from Iran sparked a fire at a key industrial chemical complex in southern Israel on Sunday, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported.
Video footage circulating on social media showed a large plume of smoke rising above Neot Hovav, a major industrial area in the Negev Desert used mainly for chemical production and hazardous waste treatment. Loud blasts were heard.
Kan TV News reported that it was the third time the complex had been hit by a missile, or missile fragments, from Iran since the start of the regional conflict in late February.
The Israeli military confirmed it had activated sirens in the region. It later said search and rescue forces were on their way to "a site in southern Israel where reports of impact have been received," without specifying the location. ■
