An Israeli emergency service officer walks past the debris of building at the scene of a missile attack near Bet Shemesh, some 30 kilometres west of Jerusalem on 1 March 2026. A barrage of missiles launched from Iran killed at least six people in the central Israel city of Bet Shemesh on 1 March Israel's first responders agency, Magen David Adom (MDA) said, the day after the US and Israel attacked Iran and assassinated its supreme leader.
An Israeli emergency service officer walks past the debris of building at the scene of a missile attack near Bet Shemesh, some 30 kilometres west of Jerusalem on 1 March 2026. A barrage of missiles launched from Iran killed at least six people in the central Israel city of Bet Shemesh on 1 March Israel's first responders agency, Magen David Adom (MDA) said, the day after the US and Israel attacked Iran and assassinated its supreme leader.
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8 Killed in Iranian missile strike on Israel

AFPJerusalem

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, making it the deadliest single 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", as well as 28 people injured, with police saying it was a direct hit on a building.

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