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Saturday, February 28, 2026
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Boy, 17, wounded by shrapnel in central Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze sparked by missile fragments from an Iranian missile in central Israel on February 28, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)
A 17-year-old boy was lightly injured by shrapnel following Iran’s ballistic missile attacks on central Israel, medics say.
Magen David Adom says it is taking the teenager to a hospital.
In all, two people have been directly wounded by Iran’s missile attacks since this morning, according to medics.
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