A pregnant Palestinian woman died Thursday from shrapnel wounds sustained in an Iranian missile strike in the West Bank, raising the death toll from the attack to four, the Ramallah-based Health Ministry said.
Asil Samir Masalmeh, 32, who was six months pregnant, died after missile fragments tore through a hair salon in the town of Beit Awa, near the city of Hebron, late Wednesday, the ministry said.
The four women killed in the incident were the first Palestinians to die in the ongoing Middle East war.
The other victims include 17-year-old Mays Ghazi Masalmeh, according to the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA.
The Red Crescent said at least eight others were wounded.
