Seven injured after new Iran missile barrage on Israel

Israel, US strikes hit building used to elect new Iran supreme leader

Seven people were injured after a new Iranian missile barrage on Israel on Tuesday morning. 

Israel's Magen David Adom emergency services said they were treating seven people with injuries following the latest salvo of missiles fired from Iran.

"At three scenes in central Israel, MDA paramedics and EMTs are providing medical treatment to seven  injured people, including: a woman around 40 years old in moderate condition with blast injuries, and six additional casualties in mild condition suffering from glass shrapnel and blast-related injuries," an MDA statement said.

Israeli police said officers were operating at several sites in the central and Tel Aviv districts where shrapnel had fallen. 

Israel, US strikes hit building used to elect new Iran supreme leader

Meanwhile, Israeli and US strikes on Tuesday hit the Tehran building of a body tasked with electing Iran's new supreme leader, local media reported.

"The American-Zionist criminals attacked the Assembly of Experts building in Qom," south of Tehran, according to the Tasnim news agency.

Local media showed footage of the building severely damaged in the strikes. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli strikes on Saturday.

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