TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – An explosion was reported in a military factory in Haifa in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Media sources reported Monday that an explosion hit Israeli-owned Rafael military-industrial plant in the northwestern city of Haifa and its sound was heard in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Rafael Company claimed that the explosion in Haifa occurred due to a military test.

Earlier in December, news sources reported a fire at a petrochemical plant in the port of Haifa.

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