Iranian missile attacks killed three Palestinian women in a West Bank hair salon late Wednesday and a foreign worker in central Israel, medics reported Thursday, as blasts echoed over Tel Aviv from fresh launches. Shrapnel from the strike pierced a metal caravan-turned-salon in Beit Awa near Hebron, claiming the lives of 17-year-old Mays Ghazi Masalmeh and two others, per the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Eight more suffered injuries, one critically, in the first Palestinian fatalities from Iranian fire since the US-Israel-Iran war began February 28, 2026. Palestinian authorities blamed possible Israeli interceptor debris, while Israel attributed it to an Iranian cluster munition evading defenses.
Shortly after, Israeli medics confirmed a foreign worker's death from missile fragments in central Israel, raising the Israeli civilian toll to 15 amid repeated barrages. Air raid sirens wailed across Tel Aviv and northern settlements as Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed strikes on military targets using ballistic missiles and drones, some deploying unguided cluster bombs over civilian zones.
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The West Bank incident underscores collateral risks from Iran's retaliation for US-Israel strikes on its nuclear sites and leadership. Unlike Israelis with bomb shelters, Palestinians lack comparable protection, amplifying vulnerability to falling munitions in densely populated areas.
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed condemned the attack in a call with Palestinian VP Hussein al-Sheikh, labeling it "unprovoked terrorism." The strikes coincide with energy infrastructure assaults across the Gulf, complicating regional de-escalation efforts.
This spillover into Palestinian territories marks a grim escalation, with cluster munitions scattering bomblets unpredictably. As air defenses strain under daily volleys, civilian safety deteriorates on both sides of the conflict lines.
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