Tel Aviv, March 17, (dpa/GNA) – At least two people were killed in an Iranian missile strike in Israel, the Magen David Adom rescue service said early on Wednesday.
A man and a woman were seriously injured in an attack in the city of Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, and later died of their injuries, the emergency service said.
According to media reports, the victims were a couple aged between 70 and 80. Footage showed heavy damage to a residential building at the impact site.
In Bnei Brak east of Tel Aviv, a young man was taken to hospital with minor shrapnel injuries to his hand, the rescue service said. Damage was also reported at Savidor train station in Tel Aviv, where rail services were temporarily suspended.
According to media reports, firefighters were called out to several fires in central Israel linked to the missile strike.
Most projectiles were intercepted by Israel’s air defences, but the military said impacts had been reported at several locations in the centre of the country, and urged the public to stay away from affected areas.
Authorities in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates – including in Dubai, also reported overnight that air defence systems were activated to repel attacks.
GNA