Emergency personnel work at the site of an Iranian attack, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles following attacks by the United States and Israel on Saturday, in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 1, 2026. | Photo credit: Reuters
An Iranian missile attack on Sunday (March 1, 2026) on the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh killed at least nine people and left 11 missing, police said, in the deadliest attack in the country since the war began.
“So far, more than 45 injured people of varying degrees of severity have been evacuated and the bodies of nine fatalities have been recovered,” police said in a statement.
Iran-Israel conflict updates on March 1, 2026
“At this time there are 11 missing persons with whom contact has not yet been established,” the statement said, adding that search operations are ongoing.
Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency services also said nine people had been declared dead by paramedics and paramedics.
Dozens of Israeli rescue personnel were deployed to the impact site and a AFP The photographer saw crews removing a body from the rubble of the building that bore the brunt of the missile attack.
“They are bringing all kinds of equipment to try to locate people,” said another. AFP Photographer at the scene of the attack.
“Apparently there are still people underneath,” he added, as rescue teams continued their search.
The United States and Israel launched a wave of attacks against Iran on Saturday (February 28, 2026), killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and prompting a swift retaliation from Tehran that continued into Sunday (March 1, 2026).
During the previous 12-day war between Israel and Iran last June, nine people were killed in an Iranian missile attack on the city of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.
Photographs taken from Beit Shemesh on Sunday (March 1, 2026) showed a house destroyed by the explosion, with the roof reduced to shattered concrete and twisted iron bars.
“When I arrived, I saw a terrible scene,” Yehuda Shlomo, an MDA paramedic, said in a statement.
“I saw severe structural damage, smoke in the air and much chaos, with dozens of frightened victims emerging from damaged buildings.”
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Published – Mar 01, 2026 06:56 pm IST
