An Iranian cluster-style missile fired toward southern Israel Wednesday night crossed into the Palestinian Authority and killed four women who were inside a beauty salon in the West Bank town of Beit Awwa. Another six women were reportedly wounded in the incident.
Israeli defense officials offered the Palestinians assistance in handling the scene, but Palestinian authorities said they had brought the area under control.
Iranian missile kills 3 Palestinian women in Beit Awwa
The missile was fired toward southern Israel at about 10 p.m., when air raid sirens sounded in many communities in the Judean foothills, the northern Negev and communities near the Gaza border, the report said.
There were no injuries reported in Israel, but a building in a town in the country's center sustained heavy damage.
The four women killed in Beit Awwa were not the first Palestinian victims of Iranian fire during the war. On Tuesday, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry announced the death of a Palestinian woman who it said was killed by an Iranian missile while driving in the United Arab Emirates.
The Palestinian Authority condemned the Iranian missile fire toward Gulf states, saying the “brutal aggression threatens the security and stability of the region.” Hamas, by contrast, did not condemn Iran.