Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2024 shows the site of a missile attack from Lebanon, in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel. [Photo/Xinhua]

Militants in Lebanon fired a missile into central Israel on Monday night, injuring five people and damaging power lines in a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israeli sources said.

The missile activated warning sirens across central Israel, with residents reporting explosions.

Video footage on social media showed a bus and a high-voltage power line catching fire in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. An office building in the area was also damaged.

Tel Aviv District Police Commander Haim Sarguroff told reporters at the scene that Israel's aerial defense systems attempted to intercept the missile but failed.

The damage and blaze were caused by "a direct hit by a heavy missile," he said, adding that the building was at risk of collapse and urging civilians "not to come to the site and to keep the area clear."

A photographer is seen at the site of a missile attack from Lebanon, in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel, on Nov. 18, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

Meanwhile, the Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, said in a statement that five people were injured, including a 54-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries, a man who was moderately injured, and three who sustained light injuries.

Israel's state-owned Kan TV reported power outages in the area.

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