Residents seek shelter as air raid sirens sound in Haifa

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Residents seek shelter as air raid sirens sound in Haifa

2024-10-11 18:37 Last Updated At：10-12 00:57

Residents in the northern Israeli city of Haifa rushed for cover on Wednesday as air raid sirens sounded and blasts were heard overhead in Israel's third-largest city.

Ballistic missiles arrived just minutes after the alarms first went off, leading to people quickly heading for the nearest shelters.

"I was two streets from here. I heard the bombing, I saw everything. I'm a little scared from the bombing. There were 40 or 50 bombs, one after the other," said a Haifa resident from inside a temporary shelter.

Earlier on Wednesday, militants in Lebanon fired around 40 rockets at northern Israel's Upper Galilee and Haifa Bay areas, injuring at least five people.

The Israeli military stated that some of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli Air Force, but acknowledged some others did land in these areas.

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service reported that rockets or shrapnel from interceptor missiles hit at least two locations in the Krayot, a cluster of suburbs north of Haifa.

Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been exchanging fire along the Lebanese-Israeli border since last October, stoking fears of a wider conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel continues in Gaza.

EU needs to see clearly higher tariffs solve no problem: spokeswoman

2024-10-11 23:51 Last Updated At：10-12 00:17

China urged the European Union (EU) to be clearly aware of the harm of imposing additional tariffs, as it will not solve any problems, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday at the ASEAN summit that China must adapt its behavior to solve the escalating trade row with Europe.

When asked to respond to Michel's statements, Mao said that on the economic and trade disputes between China and the EU, China made clear its position more than once.

"The EU needs to see clearly that higher tariffs solve no problem and will only undermine the EU’s business environment, weaken Chinese companies’ confidence in investment and cooperation in Europe, reduce the competitiveness of the EU’s relevant industry, and destabilize global industrial and supply chains. This will backfire and do no one good. We urge the EU to take concrete actions and work with China to find solutions through consultation and avoid further escalation of the trade frictions," she said.