ESHTA’OL, Israel: A direct Iranian missile strike on a village in central Israel on Saturday wounded 11 people and left a massive crater, medics said, as the Middle East war entered its second month.
The missile hit a residential area in the village of Eshtaol, near Beit Shemesh, where nine people — including four minors — were killed in the early days of the war by a missile fired from Iran.
Several buildings were badly damaged in Saturday’s strike, with metal wreckage and concrete debris scattered around, AFP footage showed.
The blast also wrecked several cars and gouged a large crater at the impact site.
At the scene, rescue workers and security forces operated near a house whose roof tiles had been completely blown away, leaving only the shell of the structure.
