Ammon News - Nine people were killed and many were wounded in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem, on Sunday afternoon by a direct Iranian ballistic missile impact, according to the Times of Israel.

The missile struck a residential area in the city, destroying a synagogue and causing extensive damage to a public bomb shelter and surrounding homes.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it declared the deaths of eight victims at the scene and took 28 others to hospitals, two in serious condition. The death of the ninth victim was declared a short time later.