Tel Aviv, March 28 – A man in his 60s was killed in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv by a missile launched from Iran, according to Israel's national emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), and the Israel Police.
According to police, the incident involved a cluster munition missile that struck several locations in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Friday night (local time).
The report added that the victim, a construction worker, was hit by shrapnel from the cluster munition released by the missile and subsequently exploded near him.
MDA also reported that two other people sustained minor to moderate injuries from the blasts, according to Xinhua news agency.
The launch from Iran triggered air defense sirens in large areas of central Israel near midnight, prompting residents to seek shelter.
Earlier in the night, a missile was launched from Iran into southern Israel, causing minor injuries to two people.
These developments came amid heightened tensions following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, which began on February 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and US interests across the Middle East.
Meanwhile, a heavy water research reactor facility in central Iran's Khondab was attacked by US-Israeli airstrikes on Friday, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
Fars added that no casualties or danger to residents in the area have been reported so far, citing local authorities.
The Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran later confirmed the attack.
Meanwhile, a yellowcake production plant in central Iran's Yazd province was also hit by US-Israeli strikes, with no radioactive leaks reported so far, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency.
The plant, inaugurated in May 2023, produces yellowcake, a uranium concentrate powder obtained from leach solutions and serving as an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the two attacks in two separate statements.
