Nine Killed, More Than 40 Injured As Iranian Missile Destroys Israeli Synagogue
Nine people were killed and more than 40 were injured in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, on Sunday afternoon by a direct Iranian ballistic missile impact.
The missile struck a residential area in the city, destroying a synagogue and causing extensive damage to a public bomb shelter beneath it and surrounding homes.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it declared the deaths of eight victims at the scene and took 28 others to hospitals, two in serious condition. The death of the ninth victim was declared a short time later.
Jerusalem Zedek Medical Centre said it was treating six people, including a four-year-old boy who was admitted in moderate condition, while others were evacuated to the Terem Emergency Medical Centre in Beit Shemesh and the capital’s Hadassah University Hospitals in Mount Scopus and Ein Kerem.
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