Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama-Hacohen estimated the damage at NIS 40 million ($11 million) and said the Ramat Ef’al elementary school would get a replacement building.
The Israel Defense Forces initially said that overnight it intercepted a missile fired at central Israel by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. It said sections from the missile or from an interceptor fell to the ground, with one chunk landing on the main building of the school, demolishing it.
Later Thursday, however, the military said that according to an initial probe, the school was likely hit by the missile warhead after a partial interception.There were no injuries in the incident, though parked cars in the area were damaged by falling debris.
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