TEL AVIV: A man around 60 years old was killed in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv by a missile launched from Iran, Israel's national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) and the Israel Police said.
According to the police, the incident involved a dispersing cluster munition missile that struck several locations in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Friday night (local time).
It added that the fatality, a construction worker, was hit by shrapnel from a cluster munition released by the missile and exploded near him.
MDA also reported two people who were lightly to moderately injured from the hits, reports Xinhua news agency.
The launch from Iran activated air defence sirens in large areas of central Israel near midnight, sending residents rushing to shelters.