Iran fires at Israel after Netanyahu boasts of war gains

JERUSALEM - Iran launched multiple rounds of missiles towards Israel late Thursday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the Islamic republic has been "decimated" by war.

Israel's military said it had identified three rounds of missile fire in the hour and a half preceding midnight (2200 GMT), and another a few hours later.

AFP reporters heard several loud blasts over Jerusalem as air raid sirens rang out across the city during one of the earlier attacks.

The Magen David Adom emergency services reported no casualties, but police said there was damage in several locations.

Israeli media said shrapnel hit the northern city of Haifa and an educational institution in its suburbs, causing damage but no casualties.

Earlier on Thursday, media reports said an oil refinery in Haifa had been hit.

In a press conference on Thursday evening, Netanyahu said Israel and the United States were "winning" the war that began when the allies launched strikes on Iran.

"We are taking action to destroy the industries that make it possible to build missiles. Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium and manufacture ballistic missiles," the veteran Israeli leader said.

"We are winning and Iran is being decimated."