Most of those injured in the Iranian ballistic missile attacks on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad last night were not inside bomb shelters, according to a Home Front Command investigation.
In Dimona, the missile carrying a conventional warhead of hundreds of kilograms of explosives struck soft ground next to homes.
The shockwave caused extensive damage to surrounding buildings and injured some 30 people, including a young boy hospitalized in serious condition.
There are bomb shelters in the area, and those who were inside them were largely unharmed by the blast, according to the IDF’s Home Front Command.
Similarly, in Arad, the missile — also carrying a conventional warhead — struck between several apartment buildings with basement shelters.
The impact caused massive damage to the buildings and injured nearly 90 people, including 10 seriously. Nearly all of those wounded were not sheltering, according to the Home Front Command’s investigation.
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