Six people were lightly injured after an Iranian cluster missile struck central Israel on Thursday morning, capping a wave of missile and rocket fire that also sent residents in the north rushing to shelters overnight and into the morning.
Air raid sirens sounded five times across central and northern Israel after consecutive Iranian barrages. The first salvo was intercepted without causing damage or injuries.
Impact site of Iranian cluster missile in Kafr Qasem
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Iranian cluster munition strikes residential area in Sharon region
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Iranian cluster munition strikes home in Sharon region
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In the second salvo, an Iranian cluster missile, which disperses smaller munitions, hit a building in the Arab city of Kafr Qasem.
Magen David Adom said six people were lightly injured in the strikes on the center, including five in Kafr Qasem. Among them were a man and a woman, both in their 50s, who were lightly hurt by the blast wave, the ambulance service said. One other person was lightly injured in Shaar Shomron. Footage from the scene showed extensive damage and overturned cars.
In the third barrage, the IDF said it intercepted a small volley launched from Iran toward the center. Additional sirens sounded in the Modiin area, where a strike was identified after reports of explosions. Magen David Adom said there were no immediate reports of direct casualties, aside from several people hurt while making their way to protected spaces.
In the fourth salvo, sirens sounded across the Jerusalem area, the Shfela, Lachish, the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea and Samaria. Magen David Adom said there were no immediate reports of injuries from the relatively small volley toward the center, and teams were dispatched to search for impact sites.
In the fifth salvo, sirens sounded across Haifa, the Carmel region, the bay area, the valleys, the Galilee and Wadi Ara in northern Israel after what was believed to be a cluster munition fired from Iran.
Meanwhile, alerts warning of a suspected drone infiltration from Lebanon were activated in Sde Eliezer and Yesud HaMa’ala in the Upper Galilee, alongside rocket sirens in Kiryat Shmona and surrounding communities.
The Iranian fire followed a night of continued attacks from Hezbollah, which launched missiles toward the center and kept up rocket fire into the north through the night and into Thursday morning.
Sirens sounded in Safed and nearby communities, where an 11-year-old girl suffered cardiac arrest during the alarms. Her condition was reported as serious.