Eight killed as Iranian missile hits Beit Shemesh

Eight people have been killed and 23 injured as a missile hits a bomb shelter and houses.

Eight people have been killed and 23 injured, including three seriously, after an Iranian missile hit a public bomb shelter and houses in Beit Shemesh. Magen David Adom medics are searching the debris for more casualties.

Last night a 430 year-old woman was killed following a direct hit on a home in Tel Aviv and a 67 year-old woman was taken ill and died in Tel Aviv when she was rushing to the bomb shelter.

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Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on March 1, 2026.

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