2 killed, multiple wounded in missile barrage on central Israel

2026-03-09 - 11:17

Two men in their 40s were killed Monday after Iranian missiles struck a construction site in central Israel, as Magen David Adom units fanned out across six separate scenes in the region. A third victim at the same site remains in critical condition. At a separate scene in central Israel, three additional people were wounded – one in moderate condition and two lightly. Natan, a witness at the scene, said: "There was a siren, and three minutes later I heard a massive boom. I knew it was close – you couldn't miss it. When I went outside, I saw shrapnel, and unfortunately, there were two people who had been hit. They're now sending everyone back to work because there's no choice, and the economy has to keep moving, but it's costing the country a lot of money. Nobody's wasting that money – in the end, it's us, the self-employed, who will pay the price." A scene from the Iranian missile strikes on central Israel, March 9, 2026 MDA paramedic Liz Gorel said, "Immediately after the sirens, we received reports at MDA of multiple scenes in central Israel, and we went out to sweep them all. One of the scenes in central Israel was at a construction site. It was a difficult scene – the two casualties were lying unconscious, suffering from severe shrapnel wounds across their bodies. After performing resuscitation efforts, we were forced to declare the death of a man around 40, and we evacuated the second casualty by intensive care ambulance to the hospital in critical condition." MDA emergency medical technician Alon Buni, among the first to arrive at the scene, said, "We arrived at the construction site scene with large Magen David Adom forces and immediately began conducting sweeps. We found extensive destruction at the site and two men who were unconscious, suffering from severe shrapnel wounds across their bodies. We began providing them with initial medical treatment on-site, at the conclusion of which we were forced to declare the death of one of the casualties. Additional MDA teams evacuated the second casualty, whose condition is serious and unstable."