Some are the size of small trucks, and they’ve come crashing to the ground almost daily for a month — littering school yards, roadsides and hilltops with visceral remnants of a Middle East at war.

Across Israel and the West Bank, massive chunks of Iranian ballistic missiles have slammed to the earth after being shot out of the sky by Israeli air defense systems.

Near the Palestinian city of Nablus, a young girl posed with a missile fragment that smashed into an olive tree grove.

In an Israeli school in a West Bank settlement, children climbed on a huge metal missile case that fell in their playground.

Nearly a month after Israel and the US launched their joint war on Iran, Israelis and Palestinians have become used to frequent official warnings to stay away from missile fragments, which could contain unexploded ordnance or toxic materials.

“These objects may appear harmless at first glance, but can pose a risk of explosion and shrapnel,” Magen David Adom emergency service said on Friday.

At least 270 missile fragments have fallen across the West Bank, the majority near Ramallah, with others landing near Nablus, Bethlehem, Hebron, and Salfit, according to figures issued by the Palestinian Authority’s civil defense.

It cooperates with police to move missile fragments to secure locations, said civil defense........

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