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Three Palestinian women were killed in the occupied West Bank and a foreign agricultural worker died in central Israel following a new wave of Iranian missile attacks, local authorities reported.
The fatalities in the West Bank marked the first Palestinian deaths linked to Iranian strikes since the escalation of the ongoing conflict.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said falling missile fragments struck a hair salon in the town of Beit Awa, near Hebron, late Wednesday, killing three women. At least eight others were injured in the incident, including one woman reported to be in critical condition.
Debris from the strikes landed in multiple locations across the West Bank, including Hebron, following another round of missile launches detected by the Israeli military. Shortly after the West Bank incident, Israeli emergency services confirmed that a man was killed by missile fire in central Israel, bringing the total number of deaths in Israel during the current conflict to 15.
Israel’s Magen David Adom identified the victim as a foreign worker. Israeli media reports said he was a Thai national employed in agriculture, a detail later confirmed by Thailand’s foreign ministry.
The worker was killed in Moshav Adanim, located about 20 kilometers northeast of Tel Aviv and less than 8 kilometers from the West Bank. A medic at the scene said "metal shrapnel was scattered across the scene," and the victim suffered "severe shrapnel injuries."
The Israeli military said it had identified multiple waves of missile launches from Iran and was working to intercept them. Air raid sirens were activated across parts of central and northern Israel, as well as in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards stated that missiles and drones had been launched toward targets across Israel, according to reports carried by Iranian state-linked news agencies.
Israeli media also reported that some of the overnight attacks involved cluster munitions, which disperse smaller explosives over a wide area. Both Iran and Israel have previously accused each other of using such weapons.
Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh received a phone call from United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who condemned the missile attack, according to UAE state media.
The UAE has also faced multiple Iranian attacks since the conflict began on Feb. 28, when the United States and Israel carried out large-scale strikes on Iran.
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