Rocket event in Israel on Wed 18th October 2023

18th October 2023

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a narrow escape as his plane had to be evacuated at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday evening due to rocket attacks. Olaf Scholz had to take cover in a bomb shelter in the German embassy as a missile alarm sounded during his visit to Tel Aviv, Haaretz reported on Tuesday. Scholz had to stay there for a few minutes as several muffled explosions from the Iron Dome missile defence system could be heard in the centre of the city.

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