May 1, 2024

Unable to fall asleep, Oun Alka’abneh was scrolling on his phone late Saturday when he heard loud bangs, then a piercing explosion – all of which jolted him upright.

He rushed to peer out the window in Amman, the capital of Jordan, worried that someone had been hit on the street by a car.

What he saw came as a shock. A giant chunk from an Iranian projectile – shot out of the skies by the Jordanian military – that had crashed right outside his house. Shrapnel scattered up and down the block.

Iran was