At least one person died in an explosion near the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv early Friday local time, a blast that the Israeli military is investigating as a possible aerial drone attack.
An explosion near the US Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv that killed at least one person early Friday is being investigated as a possible drone attack, according to Israeli authorities. The blast, which occurred in a central district home to a number of diplomatic missions including a US Embassy branch office, killed a 50-year-old man and injured at least eight others, Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said. Four people sustained shrapnel wounds, it added.
The United States is closely monitoring the situation, a government official told CNN, acknowledging that an explosion happened near the branch office. It does not appear that the building was damaged, another US official said. The Israel Defense Forces said it is looking into reports that it was an aerial attack, possibly from a drone. Police officers and bomb disposal experts are on the scene, according to Israeli police.
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