JERUSALEM: The death toll from an Iranian missile attack Sunday in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh rose to at least eight people, first responders said, in the deadliest strike in the country since the war began.
The Magen David Adom emergency service said: “In the Beit Shemesh area, MDA EMTs and paramedics have pronounced the deaths of eight” people, as well as 28 others injured, with police saying it was a direct hit on a building.
Dozens of Israeli rescue personnel were deployed to the site of the impact, and an AFP photographer saw teams removing a body from the rubble of the building that bore the brunt of the missile strike.
“They are bringing all kinds of equipment to try to locate people,” said another AFP photographer at the scene of the attack.
“Apparently, there are still people underneath,” he added, as rescue teams continued their search.
Photographs from the scene showed a house destroyed by the blast, its roof reduced to mangled concrete and twisted iron bars.
Rescue teams continued searching for survivors beneath the debris.
“When I arrived, I saw a terrible scene,” Yehuda Shlomo, an MDA paramedic, said in a statement.
“I saw heavy structural damage, smoke in the air, and a great deal of chaos, with dozens of frightened casualties emerging from damaged buildings.”
Death toll from Iran missile attack on Israel rises to 8: first responders
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Death toll from Iran missile attack on Israel rises to 8: first responders
- Dozens of Israeli rescue personnel were deployed to the site of the impact
- AFP photographer saw teams removing a body from the rubble of the building that bore brunt of the missile strike
Iran missile barrage sparks explosions over Tel Aviv
- Two near-simultaneous waves of explosions reverberating across the city
- Israel’s emergency services confirms plenty of damage but said there were no casualties
TEL AVIV: The latest Iranian missile barrage sparked a wave of explosions across Tel Aviv as firefighters worked to contain a blaze at a residential building near Israel’s commercial hub on Friday.
The blasts came after Israel expanded its campaign against Hezbollah, vowing retribution against the Tehran-backed militant group for joining the conflict following the killing on Saturday of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s state broadcaster said Tehran had fired missiles “against targets in the heart of Tel Aviv,” after Israel’s military said it was working to intercept incoming Iranian fire late Thursday.
AFP journalists in Tel Aviv heard two near-simultaneous waves of explosions reverberating across the city.
Rocket trails also lit up the sky in Netanya, a city north of Tel Aviv on Israel’s Mediterranean coast.
After the barrage, Israel’s emergency services, the Magen David Adom (MDA), said its teams had visited several reported impact sites but that there were no casualties.
Israeli police said it was “currently handling scenes involving fallen projectiles in central Israel,” adding that there was “damage” but no injuries.
A projectile hit a building on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, forcing residents to evacuate.
At another residential site near Israel’s economic hub, firefighters worked to put out a blaze caused by falling debris after an Iranian rocket fire was intercepted.
Israel’s Home Front Command issues several rocket fire warnings early Friday for communities near the Lebanon border.
