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IDF Reports No Injuries After Mistaken Interceptor Launch in Lebanon

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a nighttime interceptor launch from an open field, with a brilliant plume and billowing smoke above a low illuminated city skyline and faint missile trails in the dark sky.

At about 1:30 a.m. Israel time, the IDF said an interceptor was mistakenly launched toward a target that was later identified as Israeli fire from operations in the Security Zone in southern Lebanon. The military reported no injuries and said the incident is under review. No sirens sounded, in accordance with protocol. A Hebrew breaking-news report published two minutes later matched that account, stating that the interceptor was fired toward Israeli forces' own fire, that no one was hurt, and that the incident was being investigated.

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