Iran missile shrapnel kills Palestinian in West Bank: governor

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By AFP | Oct 01, 2024

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets, as seen from Ashkelon. [Reuters]

Falling shrapnel from an Iranian missile fired at Israel killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the local governor told AFP.

"A Palestinian worker in Jericho was killed when pieces of a rocket fell from the sky and hit him," Jericho governor Hussein Hamayel told AFP.

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