Three Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the occupied West Bank late on Wednesday (March 18, 2026), the Palestinian Red Crescent said, in the first deadly Iranian strike there, and the first to kill Palestinians, since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The missile struck a hair salon in the town of Beit Awwa, southwest of Hebron, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency WAFA reported. Thirteen were wounded, one of them seriously.
The Israeli military said it understood the strike was caused by a cluster munition, a warhead that splits into tiny bomblets that scatter into a disparate area.
Iran-Israel war updates on March 18, 2026
At least 15 people have been killed in Israel since Israel and the U.S. launched attacks on Iran at the end of February, sparking a regional conflict.
Iran has been sending daily missiles towards Israel, and there have been no reports of it deliberately targeting Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
