STORY: Burnt vehicles lined the streets of Holon, near Tel Aviv, on Wednesday (March 18) following an overnight missile attack by Iran, with local residents describing sounds of explosions and scenes of fire but no injuries reported, according to Israeli emergency services.

"There was an alarm, we went into the shelter, we heard a crazy boom," local resident Palteal Leah told Reuters. "When we were allowed to come out, we went to the balcony as there was the smell of fire. We saw fire, we went downstairs, we saw that everything here was blown up."

Firefighters and emergency crews worked to contain the damage early Wednesday, with residents surveying the aftermath from balconies as officers inspected charred vehicles along debris-strewn streets.

Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel's assassination of Iran's security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday.

The attack overnight on Tuesday (March 17) killed two people in a neighbourhood close to the densely populated Tel Aviv, where there are also key military facilities, bringing the death toll in Israel from the war to at least 14.

A statement by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps read on state TV said weapons used included Khorramshahr 4 and Qadr missiles, both with multi-warheads.

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VIDEO SHOWS: BURNT CARS, DAMAGED / CRATER NEAR DAMAGED CARS / SOUNDBITE FROM LOCAL RESIDENT / ISRAELI OFFICERS CLEANING DEBRIS ON ROAD

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SHOWS: HOLON, TEL AVIV DISTRICT, ISRAEL (MARCH 18, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. EMERGENCY WORKERS STANDING AROUND DEBRIS, RUBBLE STREWN AROUND CARS DAMAGED BY MISSILE SHRAPNEL

2. VARIOUS OF RUBBLE, DEBRIS AROUND SMALL CRATER NEXT TO DAMAGED CAR

3. DEBRIS ON GROUND, DAMAGED CARS, ISRAELI OFFICERS ON SITE

4. LOCAL RESIDENTS WATCHING FROM BALCONY

5. DEBRIS ON AND AROUND PARKED CAR

6. BURNT, DAMAGED CARS ON ROAD, FIREFIGHTER HOSING DOWN AREA

7. BURNED PIECE OF PAPER ON CAR BONNET

8. FIREFIGHTER HOSING DOWN AREA

9. VARIOUS OF ISRAELI OFFICERS INSPECTING BURNED CARS

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) LOCAL RESIDENT, PALTEAL LEAH, SAYING:

"Well, there was an alarm, we went into the shelter, we heard a crazy boom. When we were allowed to come out, we went to the balcony as there was the smell of fire. We saw fire, we went downstairs, we saw that everything here was blown up as we understood that shrapnel had fallen onto the sidewalk and exploded, it exploded onto an electric vehicle and the batteries caught on fire and that's what caused the fire."

11. MAN LOOKING ON

12. HEAVY MACHINERY MOVING ON ROAD NEAR SEALED OFF AREA

13. LOCAL RESIDENTS LOOKING ON