Five Israelis were wounded, including one seriously, on Monday night when Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists fired a missile from Lebanon towards Israel’s densely populated central region.

One of the victims, identified as a 54-year-old woman, was listed as being in serious condition, while four others sustained moderate and light wounds, the Magen David Adom emergency response group said.

All five victims were said to have been evacuated to Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah by first responders.

“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the center of the country, the Air Force intercepted one launch that crossed [into Israel from] Lebanese territory,” the Israel Defense Forces stated. “A fall was detected, apparently originating from interception fragments.”

According to the army’s Home Front Command, missile alerts were activated throughout the larger Tel Aviv metropolitan area and the country’s coastal plain, sending millions running for shelter.

The Israel Hayom newspaper reported that a projectile fell and caused a fire outside the Azrieli Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv.

“Police forces are working to isolate the impact scenes and evacuate the wounded. We ask the public to stay away from impact sites and obey instructions of police officers,” the Israel Police said in a statement.

The municipality of Bnei Brak, which borders Ramat Gan, announced in a statement that Ben Gurion Street had been closed to traffic due to glass fragments on the road and called on the public to avoid the area.

Take-offs and landings were briefly suspended at Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport amid the Hezbollah attack, local media reported.

Simultaneously to the missile attack on Tel Aviv, the Israeli Air Force shot down a Hezbollah suicide drone launched at the Haifa area, it said.

Earlier on Monday evening, one Israeli civilian was killed and 10 others were lightly wounded when a Hezbollah terrorist rocket scored a direct hit on a three-story building in the northern Arab city of Shfar’am.