‘Rocket debris damages GL of Israel building’

    

The view of the neighborhood from a window in the Grand Lodge building after a rocket strike Monday night in Bnei Brak, Israel.

The office building wherein the headquarters of the Grand Lodge of Israel is located in a Tel Aviv suburb was damaged Monday, according to the Grand Lodge’s social media. No injuries inside were mentioned, but The Times of Israel and others have said five people outdoors were hurt, one seriously.

One of the shattered windows.

The Israeli government said the projectile had been launched from inside Lebanon. The damage to the Vita building, on Ben Gurion Street, was said to be shattered windows and breakage to ceilings, as depicted in these photographs shared by the Grand Lodge.

Firefighters respond to the Grand Lodge premises inside a commercial property.

“Barukh HaShem,” as the faithful say in prayer when things could be worse.

Cube-shaped shrapnel from the rocket.
These are familiar sights in Israel lately.