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A 37-year-old Palestinian man was killed by shrapnel in the large-scale missile attack launched by Iran against Israel on Tuesday night, officials said, apparently the only fatality in the onslaught.

“A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him,” Jericho governor Hussein Hamayel told AFP.

According to Palestinian media, Sameh al-Asali, a laborer originally from Jabalia in the Gaza Strip, was struck in the West Bank village of Nu’eima, near Jericho. Four other Palestinians were reportedly injured by shrapnel from the same missile.

According to information circulating on social media, corroborated by an image of his ID, al-Asali, a father of three, was one of the thousands of Gazan laborers with an Israeli work permit who were stranded in Israel on October 7 and sought refuge in the West Bank.

Pictures and videos circulating on social media show a meters-long fragment of a missile next to al-As li’s body, lying on the ground and covered with a sheet.

In Israel, only two people were reported wounded in the barrage, both in Tel Aviv, according to Magen David Adom. Several others were treated for minor injuries after falling over while running for shelter, and acute anxiety, MDA reported.

The IDF said that it intercepted “a large number” of the 180 ballistic missiles launched by Iran at Israel, thanks to the country’s air defenses and the cooperation of the US that detected the threat and intercepted some of the projectiles. Jordan said that it also intercepted a number of missiles and drones over its airspace.

The massive barrage launched by Iran against Israel on Tuesday comprised some 180 ballistic missiles. Various Arabic-language social media accounts called the attack a “face-saver,” as Tehran came under criticism in Lebanon and elsewhere for failing to respond to the assassination of its historic ally, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut last week.

Some Arab social media users also remarked that the Shiite Islamic Republic has so far only managed to kill and wound Sunni Muslims in its strikes against Israel. Tehran had launched a similar missile and drone attack in April, but Israel, the US, and Western and Arab allies shot down almost all the projectiles. The only injury in that assault was sustained by a seven-year old Bedouin girl in southern Israel.

Tuesday’s assault came hours after a US warning that a wide-scale attack was about to be directed at the Jewish state from Iran, which allowed the IDF to prepare its air defenses and the Home Front Command to warn the population to remain in the proximity of bomb shelters, thereby keeping the number of casualties to a minimum. Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York denied giving a prior notice of the attack to the US.

The projectiles launched by Iran on Tuesday night caused a number of craters around Israel.

Beside the missile that killed al-Asali, impacts were reported in other parts of the West Bank. Palestinians in Ramallah were filmed touching and posing with a piece of a ballistic missile that fell in the city.

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Israel will respond to the Iranian attack. “We are on heightened alert on defense and offensive, we will protect the citizens of Israel. This [missile] fire will have consequences. We have plans, and we will act in the time and place that we choose,” he said.

Botragelad:
Iran never seems to get anything right. Ended up murdering a random Arab man. Lol

No other casualty! 🤦🏼

Righteousness2:
Iran Misfiring since 18 b.c.

3 Casulties today from Iranian Ballistic Missiles on GOD'S Land.

Unfortunately,
1 Palestine.
2 Jordanians

Not a single ISRAELI CASULTY.

Show me one place on earth where almost 200 ballistic missiles cause no casualties.


“Behold, He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.”

Quelme:
Propaganda. Israel has been demystified....

Those missiles did their job very well... The message has been passed and well received.

Nobody has the monopoly of violence....

Botragelad:
Care to tell us what exactly those missiles achieved?

Zero casualty, Israel is still pounding hezbollah as we speak, so how did those attack on Israel send any message or stop Israel. At least if you are gonna destroy your enemy, do it properly or decapacitate them. Lol

Quelme:
It was a measured response. It was never met to decapitate. Message passed and the Israeli understood.

Arrow 1 and 2, Davids sling and Iron dome were rendered useless.

You guys can even go ahead and tell us it was a Yoruba man or and Edo man that was killed. We know how your propaganda works. We are not deceived.

Let me remind you, Ugledar has been liberated.

Botragelad:
Again, what's the point of Iran's missiles if they can't even hit the mark? What kind of message are they trying to send? This isn't the first time they've shot themselves in the foot with these ineffective missiles.

Most of them got intercepted, and what did it accomplish? The IDF is still going strong against Hezbollah, and Hamas got decapitated, so what's changed, really? The message has been past. We wait for the other party to respond.

Botragelad:
Again, what's the point of Iran's missiles if they can't even hit the mark? What kind of message are they trying to send? This isn't the first time they've shot themselves in the foot with these ineffective missiles.

Most of them got intercepted, and what did it accomplish? The IDF is still going strong against Hezbollah, and Hamas got decapitated, so what's changed, really? You expect them to target Netayanhu who is currently hiding in a bunker?

Botragelad:
Iran never seems to get anything right. Ended up murdering a random Arab man. Lol

No other casualty! 🤦🏼