A 17-year-old girl was fatally run over by a car in Rehovot Thursday evening, paramedics said, reportedly while dashing across a street to seek shelter ahead of an Iranian missile attack.

The teenager received an early warning of an incoming strike on her phone and rushed with her friend to a protected area, Hebrew media reported. While crossing the road, she was hit by a car.

In the end, sirens did not go off in the city.

Medics dispatched to the scene found the girl unconscious and in critical condition. They pronounced her dead on the scene, Magen David Adom said.

Police opened an investigation into the incident.

Iran has launched hundreds of missiles and drones across the region since the start of the current war with the US and Israel on February 28, killing 12 people in Israel and wounding over 2,000, according to health authorities.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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