JERUSALEM, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran launched fresh missile attacks toward Israel late Thursday, the military said, as the police reported damage in several locations in central Israel.

A projectile from Iran intercepted by Israel flies through the sky above Jerusalem, on Oct. 1, 2024. (File photo: Xinhua)

Videos circulating on local media showed that a fire broke out at one location. In the Jerusalem area, a building was also damaged.

The missiles triggered sirens across central Israel, and residents reported that loud explosions were heard.

The police and Magen David Adom rescue service said their teams were operating at scenes where fragments of a missile had fallen. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported the first missile landed in the sea. Citing a security source, it said a second appeared to be a cluster missile. Kan aired video footage from the Jerusalem area that showed the projectile splitting into multiple parts in the sky.

The attacks came shortly after the military announced it had begun a new wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in Beirut's southern suburb.