JERUSALEM, March 27 (Xinhua) -- A man around 60 years old was killed in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv by a missile launched from Iran on Friday night, 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.
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.
The launch from Iran activated air defense sirens in large areas of central Israel near midnight, sending residents rushing to shelters.
Earlier in the night, a missile was launched from Iran into southern Israel, causing light injuries to two people.
The developments came amid heightened tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. ■
