Three killed in Iranian missile attacks on Israel, Magen David Adom says
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Two people were killed and 21 others injured, four seriously, in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Rishon Letzion early Saturday morning, raising the death toll to three, Magen David Adom reported.
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It said the fatalities were a man aged 45 and a woman aged 60, but their identities have not yet been released for publication.
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A woman died from her injuries in the Iranian regime's missile strikes on Israeli cities on Friday, Uri Shacham, chief of staff of Magen David Adom, told JNS.
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The Islamic Republic fired about 100 missiles at Israel at about 9 p.m. local time, and a few evaded Israel's defense systems and struck two areas in central Israel, according to Shacham. About 40 were injured at the time, including two who were in the category of severe-to-critical condition. One of the two succumbed to her injuries.
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Some others are in moderate condition and the rest had minor injuries, according to Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency service.
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At about 2 a.m. on Saturday, Magen David Adom that one of its mobile intensive care units was hit by shrapnel in the Tel Aviv area.
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'Two crew members, who were wearing protective gear, sustained minor injuries from glass shards,' it stated. 'They were treated on scene.'
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After the third wave of Iranian missile strikes on Israel, at about 1 a.m. local time, Magen David Adom 'received numerous reports of buildings that were hit in the center of Israel,' Shacham told JNS. He said that there were three minor injuries.
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