Police said 11 people were still missing on Sunday evening after an Iranian missile strike on the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh that killed at least nine people.

"So far, more than 45 injured people in varying degrees of severity have been evacuated, and the bodies of nine fatalities have been recovered. At this time, there are 11 missing persons with whom contact has not yet been established," Israeli police said in a statement, adding that search operations were ongoing.