Palestinian man ‘only person killed’ by Iranian missile attack on Israel

Victim, 37, was hit by shrapnel in West Bank village

A Palestinian man in the West Bank was killed by Iran’s missile barrage on Israel, according to local reports.
Named as Sameh Asli, 37, the victim was reportedly hit by missile shrapnel, either from an Iran-launched projectile or from the Iron Dome air defence system.
A photograph showed a fragment the size of a family car on a road in the West Bank village of Nu’eima, near Jericho.
Mr Asli was said to be originally from Jabalia in Gaza. His death was last night the only reported fatality from the massive attack ordered by Tehran.
Jack Sullivan, the US national security adviser, said the administration was aware of the reports. “We are tracking the reported death of a Palestinian civilian in Jericho in the West Bank,” he said.
“We do not know of any damage to aircraft or strategic military assets in Israel.”
The reported death has echoes of the outcome of Iran’s missile barrage on Israel in April. In that attack, a seven-year-old  girl from a Bedouin village in the Negev desert was critically wounded. She was one of only a small handful of people to have been hit.
On Tuesday, explosions could be heard in the Jordan River valley, as they were above Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel.
Reuters journalists reported seeing missiles being intercepted in the airspace of neighbouring Jordan.
According to Israeli army radio, nearly 200 missiles were launched into Israel from Iran.
In April, Jordan controversially took part in the effort to shoot down part of the barrage coming in from Iran.
The photograph from Nu’eima showed what appeared to be the casing of a rocket, partly on the road and partly on the pavement, with more than a dozen men standing a short distance away from it.