tel Aviv: Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service said five people were killed and 92 wounded Monday in Iran’s latest missile strikes on the country, raising a previous toll of four deaths.
The latest deaths raise the overall death toll in Israel to 18 besides injuring more than 400 Israelis as a result of Iranian attacks.
The casualties were from strikes on four sites in central Israel, the MDA said in a statement, adding those killed included “two women and two men around the age of 70, as well as one additional fatality”.
“So far, MDA teams have evacuated 92 injured individuals to hospitals, including a 30-year-old woman in serious condition with facial injuries, six in moderate condition, and 85 in mild condition,” it added.
The MDA said search and rescue operations were ongoing at two of the four sites.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz had warned on Monday that Tehran’s residents would “pay the price” for Iranian strikes on Israeli civilians.
