JERUSALEM

At least 17 Israelis were injured in Beersheba in southern Israel on Monday by shrapnel from a missile launched by Iran amid ongoing regional escalation, Israeli media reported.

Channel 12 said that the injuries ranged from minor to moderate.

Israel’s emergency service MDA said its teams were providing first aid to 15 people wounded by missile shrapnel.

The public broadcaster KAN reported that sirens had sounded in Beersheba and surrounding areas, and that rocket debris had been reported.

According to Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, 12 people have been killed and 834 injured in Iranian attacks in Israel since Saturday, the majority with minor injuries.

The US and Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iran on Saturday, killing several top Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In response, Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel as well as regional countries which are home to US assets.

*Writing by Serdar Dincel in Istanbul