Nine Killed, 27 Injured As Iran Fires Ballistic Missile Attacks On Israel

Iran military has launched fresh ballistic missile attacks on Israel in response to the attacks on the country by the United States and Israel.

It was learnt that no fewer than nine people were killed, 27 injured and 11 missing after an Iraninan missile hit Beit Shemesh city, west of Jerusalem in Israel.

In an X post, the Israel Defense Forces accused Iran of destroying a building completely and “killing innocent civilians”.

The fresh attack is an escalation of the long-running conflict after coordinated strikes by United States and Israel on Iranian territory, on Saturday, killed top Iranian officials, including its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said sirens blared across central and southern Israel as incoming missiles prompted widespread air-raid alerts, with air-defence systems deployed to intercept incoming threats.

The Iranian government has described the missile fire as a retaliatory response to what it termed “aggression” by the United States and Israel, whose air campaign targeted military and strategic sites in Iran.