By New York Post (World News) | Created at 2024-10-01 19:30:09 | Updated at 2024-10-01 22:41:24
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Iran launched a massive volley of missiles into Israel Tuesday, but the only reported death so far is a Palestinian man struck by a piece of errant shrapnel, according to reports.
The Islamic republic fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles targeting densely populated areas of the Jewish state in direct retribution for last week’s killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and other top officials from the terror group, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said.
The man, identified by Palestinian media as a laborer named Sameh al-Asl, was reportedly killed in the West Bank village of Nu’eima, not far from Jericho.
Tuesday’s attack sent millions of Israelis fleeing to bomb shelters and lit up the skies over Tel Aviv. So far, only two Israelis have been reported injured in the missile strikes, according to preliminary reports.
Earlier, eight people were shot to death and seven others wounded in a suspected terror attack in Tel Aviv, Israeli cops said.
The IDF has vowed it would seek revenge for the attack, in spite of IRGC’s warning that Israel would “face heavy attacks” for any retaliation.
“This fire will have consequences,” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said. “We have plans, and we will act in the time and place that we choose.”
A similar attack in April fell flat when Israeli, US and Jordanian forces successfully intercepted the “vast majority” of around 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran, as well as proxies in Yemen, Iraq and Lebanon.
The only known casualty of that attack was a 7-year-old Arab girl.
