16 people lightly hurt in Hezbollah’s missile attack on central Israel; daycare hit in Ramle

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Damage to a classroom following a strike that hit a kindergarten in the central city of Ramle on March 9, 2026 (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
Damage to a classroom following a strike that hit a kindergarten in the central city of Ramle on March 9, 2026 (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)

A total of 16 people were lightly hurt in Hezbollah’s missile attack on central Israel this afternoon, Magen David Adom says.

In Ramle, the ambulance service says it treated 14 people in good condition following an impact that also caused damage to a daycare.

In the Mateh Yehuda area, two others were lightly hurt, MDA says, in an impact that police said caused damage to infrastructure.

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