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Mayor of Arad: Town Hit by Missile Fragments, Not Direct Strike
Arad Mayor Yair Maayan confirmed missile fragments, not a direct hit, struck the town, causing facade damage and sending 33 injured to hospitals.
Jerusalem, 21 March, 2026 (TPS-IL) — The Mayor of Arad, Yair Maayan, directly from the scene of the missile strike in the city where 33 wounded people have been sent to hospitals: “It looks like a large fragment from a [missile] interception, not like a direct hit. The damage is mainly to the facades of the buildings from the impact. There are shelters in all the buildings, everyone who went to the shelter, or went to a back room, was not harmed.”
