US EditionPalestinians were bystanders to the Iran war. Now they're victims too
Four Palestinian women were killed by shrapnel from the Iran-Israel airstrike exchange in Beit Awa; emergency response delays worsened casualties, Palestinian Red Crescent said.
- On Wednesday, a blast struck a beauty salon in Beit Awa, sending missile fragments through the shop and killing four women, including a pregnant single mother, in the West Bank. The victims were the first Palestinian fatalities since the Iran war began.
- Amid exchanges between Iran and Israel, the West Bank is not a primary Iranian target but has been hit by falling shrapnel and debris during the Iran‑Israel airstrike exchange, Israel's military said it was a cluster-bomb submunition while Palestinian authorities said the origin was unclear.
- The salon, run from a metal container in a family's yard, was pocked with holes and left with a small crater where the strike hit, the morning after Eid al-Fitr.
- On Thursday morning, Palestinian Red Crescent said ambulances were delayed by Israeli gates and roadblocks, stretching a short drive to 25 minutes. Palestinian security forces carried the coffins of the first three victims from a hospital.
- Amid limited shelter access, residents voiced shock and helplessness, with the mayor of Dura saying 'The Israelis can avoid all of this because they have shelters'.
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Iranian missile fire kills 4 Palestinians in the West Bank
An Iranian missile strike in the West Bank killed four Palestinian women preparing for the Muslim holiday of Eid, highlighting the deadly reach of the Iran–Israel conflict into unprotected civilian areas.
Fear and a clogged door saved Talaa Masalha’s life. She was one of the nine Palestinians who—as is tradition overlooking the Eid al-Fitr, the feast for the end of Ramadan this Friday— combed and painted their nails with laughter when she penetrated the noise of an alien war from which, until now, they were only spectators. A projectile, apparently a small fragmentation bomb, fell next to the beauty salon where they were in the town of Beit Awa. …
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Palestinians were bystanders to the Iran war. Now they're victims too
Palestinians are mourning after an overnight Iranian airstrike hit a beauty salon outside Hebron. The Wednesday night strike killed four Palestinian women and injured more than a dozen in the first fatal strike in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Iran war.
CISJORDANIA- For almost three weeks, Palestinians in the West Bank, territory occupied by Israel, have been mostly spectators while Israel and Iran exchange air strikes.But four women became victims of the war on Wednesday night.They, along with more than a dozen friends and daughters, were inside a beauty salon when a missile hit just a few steps away.The explosion threw shrapnel that tore apart walls covered with shelves full of acrylic nails …
For almost three weeks, Palestinians in the West Bank, territory occupied by Israel, have mostly been on the air while Israel and Iran exchange air strikes, but four women became victims of the war on Wednesday night.
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