First responders are searching buildings for people wounded after an Iranian missile struck close to a tech park in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva, according to Israel’s emergency services agency Magen David Adom (MDA).
MDA said they found six people who were slightly injured as a result of the strike, as they continue to search for victims. Pictures provided by MDA show extensive damage to the front of a building, as well as burning cars sending pyres of thick black smoke into the air.
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