Four Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile strike on the occupied West Bank last night, Agence France-Presse reported, citing the latest information from local rescue services.
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced the deaths of four women caused by debris that fell on a hair salon in Beit Awa, south of Hebron, after initially reporting three Palestinian deaths, AFP reported.
These are the first deaths among the Palestinian population since the start of the war in the Middle East, which began on February 28 with Israeli-American air strikes on Iran.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said at least six people were injured. The Israeli army said it had detected "Iranian-launched" missiles, adding that it "intervened to neutralize the threat".
Meanwhile, the Israeli emergency services reported on Monday that a foreign worker had been killed in an Iranian missile attack on the Adanim settlement in central Israel, Reuters reported.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he had spoken with his US counterpart Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, following the strikes on gas facilities in Iran and Qatar, Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported.
Macron called on all parties to immediately impose a "moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure", in particular water and energy facilities, the two agencies said.
Iranian news agencies reported strikes on oil and petrochemical plants near the industrial city of Asalueh. The South Pars gas megafield in the Persian Gulf, which is operated by Iran and Qatar and provides about 70% of Iran's gas supplies, is located near Asalueh.
Qatar, for its part, announced "significant damage" caused by an Iranian missile in the country's industrial city of Ras Laffan.
Due to the incessant attacks, Doha declared two attachés from the Iranian embassy in the country - military and security - persona non grata, inviting them to leave Qatari territory within 24 hours, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the Gulf state's foreign ministry.
Qatar said it had intercepted four of the five Iranian ballistic missiles launched by Tehran's forces, but the fifth struck Ras Laffan, causing "significant damage" damage".
This city is where the main processing of Qatari liquefied natural gas is carried out.
Iran recommended yesterday the evacuation of employees of several energy complexes in the Persian Gulf - in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with the warning that it will begin to strike "in the coming hours", Reuters reports, citing Iranian state media.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, said that even the little trust his country had so far in Iran has now been completely shaken, Reuters reported.
He indicated that Saudi Arabia reserves the right to take military action, "if it deems necessary", following Iranian attacks on Persian Gulf countries.
"The hour has come for the leaders of our kingdom to take "the necessary solution", the Saudi foreign minister emphasized.
The Iraqi paramilitary group "Kataib Hezbollah" announced that it would stop attacks on the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, for five days, but there are certain conditions for this purpose, Reuters reported.
The conditions listed in a statement by the movement include the requirement that Israel stop evicting and shelling residents of the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, as well as a commitment not to shell residential areas in Baghdad and in the Iraqi provinces, the world agency notes.
The southern suburbs of Beirut, known as Dahiya, are considered a bastion of the Lebanese Shiite movement "Hezbollah". Israel has been shelling them, claiming that it is targeting the group's facilities, with which it is at enmity.