IDF Home Front Command: People in bomb shelters during Iran attacks were largely unharmed

The IDF Home Front Command has analyzed the major Iranian ballistic missile impacts in civilian areas overnight and this morning, finding that those who were in bomb shelters were largely unharmed.

Some 200 missiles were fired by Iran at Israel in four main waves. The IDF said that 50 were not intercepted “according to protocol” as they were set to hit open areas, and a “small number” breached air defenses.

Missile strikes in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Rishon Lezion in central Israel killed three civilians and wounded some 80. Seven soldiers were also lightly wounded by one impact in central Israel.

The Home Front Command says that in the case of a high-rise tower in Tel Aviv, the missile struck the 9th floor, destroying several apartments, but the bomb safe rooms sustained the impact, and hundreds of civilians were unharmed or only lightly hurt.

In Ramat Gan, a relatively old home without a bomb safe room was directly hit by a missile. However, those who entered a basement under the building were unharmed.

The Home Front Command calls on civilians to head for the safest place possible amid Iran’s missile attacks.

The missiles carry warheads of hundreds of kilograms of explosives, and are considered to be a much greater threat than the drones launched by Iran, which are mostly intercepted before reaching Israel.

Meanwhile, the Home Front Command says it has called up its entire reserve personnel, with tens of thousands of troops deployed across the country ready to respond to missile impacts.