Nine people were killed in an Iranian missile strike in the city of Bet Shemesh, Central Israel, the "Magen David Adom" organization said. - the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, quoted by Agence France-Presse, writes BTA.
A residential building was directly hit today and collapsed as a result.
Twenty-eight people were injured, two of whom are in serious condition.
AFP journalists saw a total of two destroyed buildings in this town west of Jerusalem.
Earlier, "Magen David Adom" reported several injuries in Iranian shelling of Beit Shemesh.
The Israeli fire service, however, said its teams were still working to pull people trapped under rubble in the central city.
Iranian counterattacks intensified today after the assassination of the Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which put the future of the regime in Tehran in question and increased the risk of instability in the Middle East, the Associated Press notes. Several explosions were heard in Tehran after Israel announced that it would attack key sites in the Iranian capital.
Israel has intercepted a missile fired by Iran over Syria, the Syrian Interior Ministry said in the meantime, quoted by AFP.