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Israeli firefighters said they retrieved four bodies from a building hit by an Iranian missile in the city of Beersheba.
The direct hit in the largest city in southern Israel comes just days after the city’s hospital sustained significant damage in a missile strike.
The search and rescue team said they retrieved four bodies from one building in Beersheba and were searching for more.
Israel police said the barrage damaged at least three densely packed residential buildings in Beersheba.
Outside, the shells of burned-out cars littered the streets. Broken glass and rubble covered the area.
Hundreds of emergency workers gathered to search for anyone else trapped in the buildings.
Israel police said the impact of the hit was so great that some people were injured even while inside their reinforced safe rooms in each apartment.
The safe rooms are meant to withstand rockets and shrapnel, but not direct hits from ballistic missiles.