{"id":91872,"date":"2026-03-09T09:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=91872"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T16:01:27","slug":"one-killed-two-wounded-by-iranian-missile-barrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/one-killed-two-wounded-by-iranian-missile-barrage\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Two confirmed killed, one wounded by Iranian missile barrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JNS.org) \u2013 A construction worker who sustained serious injuries when debris from an Iranian missile struck a building site in the central Israeli city of Yehud on Monday afternoon was pronounced dead on Tuesday, bringing the number of dead from the attack to two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement by Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer in Ramat Gan on Tuesday increased the total number of fatalities in the Jewish state since the beginning of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\u201d on Feb. 28 to 15.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews continued to search six impact sites in central Israel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_91873\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91873\" class=\"wp-image-91873 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1.webp 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91873\" class=\"wp-image-91873 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-300x200.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo_2026-03-09_11-47-18-1320x880-1.webp 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-91873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emergency responders at a missile impact site in central Israel on March 9, 2026. Credit: Courtesy of United Hatzalah spokesperson\u2019s office<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another missile barrage launched about 30 minutes later triggered air-raid sirens in central Israel, including Tel Aviv, but caused no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian missile attacks on the Jewish state have killed 14 people and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/nearly-2000-evacuated-to-hospitals-since-start-of-roaring-lion\/\">injured<\/a>&nbsp;more than 2,000 since the start of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\/Epic Fury,\u201d the Israeli-U.S. military action against the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n<p>Six people were injured, one seriously, in an Iranian&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/three-wounded-in-iranian-missile-assault-on-central-israel\/\">ballistic missile attack<\/a>&nbsp;targeting Israel\u2019s densely populated central region on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/me.jnsi.org\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4_5868440900035680819.mp4\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"848\" height=\"480\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emergency crews work at a missile impact site in central Israel on March 9, 2026. Credit: Magen David Adom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Magen David Adom said it treated six casualties, including a man his 40s in serious condition, a 25-year-old man in moderate condition and others with minor wounds.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate incident, two people were injured, including one seriously, when a truck driver collided with a car on Route 5, the Trans-Samaria Highway, during a missile attack, Magen David Adom reported.<\/p>\n<p>Israel Police reiterated in a statement that when an air-raid siren sounds, the public should follow the IDF Home Front Command\u2019s instructions, including driving \u201cvehicles safely to the side of the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Update%3A%20Two%20confirmed%20killed%2C%20one%20wounded%20by%20Iranian%20missile%20barrage\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":91873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[184,8781,8790,8795,3186,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91887,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91872\/revisions\/91887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}