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Iranian cluster munitions strike Israel — one person injured, home damaged, multiple impact sites

·Central Israel

Iranian cluster munitions struck central Israel on Day 17, injuring one person and damaging a home with multiple impact sites across a central town. Times of Israel confirmed the one Day 17 injury came from the cluster munitions attack specifically. Iran is not a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Iranian cluster munitions struck Israel on Day 17, with a home damaged in the attack. The Times of Israel reported the 'home damaged in apparent cluster bomb attack' as a separate item from the Day 17 missile salvos, while the Jerusalem Post's March 16 live blog was headlined 'Iranian cluster bombs fall in central Israel as IDF targets Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.' Wikipedia's 2026 Lebanon war article notes that 'Hezbollah and Iran launched coordinated cluster munition strikes on Israel especially targeting the Haifa area.' Cluster munitions — which scatter submunitions over a wide area and leave dangerous unexploded ordnance — are banned under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, ratified by over 100 countries. Neither Iran nor Israel is a signatory to the convention, but the use of cluster munitions in populated civilian areas draws particular international condemnation. Iran's deployment of cluster weapons alongside ballistic missiles signals a broadening of its strike arsenal targeting Israeli civilians.

Actor responses

IranSUPPORTINGCLAIM

Iranian forces employed cluster munitions in strikes against Israel as part of a broadened retaliatory campaign. Iran is not a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

IsraelOPPOSINGRESPONSE

The IDF condemned Iran's use of cluster munitions in strikes against Israeli civilians, describing it as a further war crime adding to Iran's indiscriminate targeting record.

United StatesOPPOSINGRESPONSE

The US condemned Iran's deployment of cluster munitions against Israeli civilian areas, calling it indiscriminate and a further violation of international norms.