Iran cluster missiles kill 30-year-old foreign worker in Sharon region; 3 Palestinian women killed in West Bank — first Palestinian deaths in occupied territory since war began

Iran launched an overnight missile barrage against central Israel in the early hours of March 19, 2026 (Day 20), including cluster munitions. A foreign worker was killed by shrapnel from an Iranian cluster missile at Moshav Adanim in the Sharon area of central Israel, according to Times of Israel. Three Palestinian women were also killed in the West Bank by Iranian missiles — likely from cluster sub-munitions scattering or missiles landing short of their Israeli targets into Palestinian territory. The deaths represent an extraordinary development: Iranian missiles killing Palestinian civilians, generating diplomatic pressure on Tehran from Arab states and Palestinian leadership. Israeli Police and explosives experts were operating at multiple sites where rocket shrapnel fell across the Sharon region of central Israel, per NYT (7:56 PM ET entry). The use of cluster munitions — which scatter sub-munitions over wide areas — represents an escalation in Iranian weapons employment during the war and raises concerns under international humanitarian law about indiscriminate area effects in populated zones.