Footage reviewed by the Times of Israel indicates an Iranian ballistic missile headed for central Israel was fitted with a cluster bomb warhead.
Cluster warheads disperse dozens of submunitions—each carrying several kilograms of explosives—over an area roughly 10 kilometres across. Their use is banned by the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions; Israel, Iran and the United States are not signatories to that treaty.
The munition produced multiple impact sites across the central region. Emergency services responded to those locations; medics initially reported no calls of injury tied to the specific debris fields. Direct infrastructure damage was recorded, with at least one submunition striking and damaging a road. Local police secured debris and unexploded ordnance at several scenes, and medical teams reiterated that no casualties had been reported at those particular sites.
Elsewhere in the central area the attack was lethal. Magen David Adom (MDA) told CNN that two people were killed in a ballistic missile strike attributed to Iran. Paramedics arriving in Ramat Gan pronounced a man and a woman dead; both sustained severe shrapnel wounds. In nearby Bnei Brak, MDA reported one person lightly injured by shrapnel.
Israel’s Home Front Command urged residents to follow alerts and safety instructions, saying such measures have saved lives during the hostilities. Regular and reserve rescue and salvage teams were dispatched to impact zones to search for survivors and assist residents. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) posted on X that Home Front Command units were operating at the scenes; after assessments, authorities later allowed people to leave protected spaces but warned them to remain cautious and to avoid gatherings in affected areas.
Concurrently the IDF said it carried out airstrikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah rocket launchers and operatives as part of Operation “Roaring Lion.” The military said Air Force strikes aimed to disrupt launchers and militants and reported it has struck hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers since the operation began in an effort to reduce threats to Israeli territory.
The wider confrontation has also included US military action. A post on X from an account described as the “Department of War” said US forces are executing President Trump’s orders under “Operation Epic Fury,” claiming the campaign has severely degraded Iran’s military. A US Navy admiral named as Commander Brad Cooper was quoted saying US forces remain focused on military objectives, including eliminating Iran’s ballistic missiles, drones and naval threats. The post said American aviators have flown more than 6,000 combat flights to maintain air superiority.
As part of those operations, the United States reportedly used multiple 5,000-pound deep-penetrator munitions against hardened Iranian missile sites along the coastline near the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said the targeted Iranian anti-ship cruise missiles posed a direct risk to international shipping and that the 2,267 kg munitions were used to neutralise the threat.
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