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Iran Missile Strike in Beersheba Kills Four Just Before Truce

The attack defied a scheduled truce, prompting warnings of a robust Israeli response as tensions spread across the region.

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Overview

  • The strike hit a sixth-floor apartment in Beersheba at around 5:40 a.m., collapsing part of the building and killing four civilians and injuring more than 22 who were sheltering in reinforced rooms.
  • The barrage formed part of a coordinated pre-dawn assault in which Iran fired salvos at central, northern, and southern Israel just hours before the ceasefire was to begin.
  • Israel’s Home Front Command reported that the missile penetrated two reinforced bomb shelters designed to withstand such attacks and caused fatalities inside.
  • The Israeli Defense Forces intercepted more than 15 Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles launched overnight.
  • President Trump urged Israel to refrain from retaliating; Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed forceful strikes against any further violations.