IDF: Woman killed in Tel Aviv strike failed to reach shelter

The woman killed in last night’s Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv did not manage to enter a bomb shelter, according to a military investigation of the attack.

The Home Front Command has determined that a complete Iranian ballistic missile — not fragments — struck next to an apartment building, causing extensive damage and a large crater.

The missile carried a warhead of several hundred kilograms, the Home Front Command assesses.

The building is relatively old, without its own safe rooms, and most residents had evacuated to a nearby public bomb shelter, according to the Home Front Command.

The slain woman, who is a foreign caregiver for an elderly woman, did not manage to evacuate in time and was killed in the strike. The woman she was caring for was extracted by rescue workers from the rubble alive.

In the past day, the military has detected that Iran has launched several hundred missiles at Israel and other countries in the Middle East — mostly from western Iran.

The continuous salvos have consisted of a small number of missiles, usually three at a time, with breaks of a few minutes between each launch, according to the IDF. Still, the barrage last night on Tel Aviv consisted of over 20 missiles.

In contrast, during the June 2025 war, Iran initially launched larger barrages with longer breaks between each salvo.

The Home Front Command says it has mobilized some 20,000 reservists, mainly for search and rescue operations.