Iranian cluster bomb strikes Tel Aviv — 15 injured (1 serious, 4 moderate); bomblets scatter across metro area

An Iranian ballistic missile with a cluster bomb warhead struck the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Day 23 (March 22, 2026), killing one person and injuring dozens in the most significant Iranian strike on Israel's main urban centre of Day 23. KEY DETAILS: - Warhead: Cluster bomb (confirmed by IDF assessment) - Impact: Multiple bomblet sites across Tel Aviv area - Casualties: 1 killed, dozens injured (Wikipedia/ToI) - Rescue: MDA and rescue forces responding to multiple impact sites - Timing: ~09:30 UTC — fifth Iranian barrage of Day 23 EXPERT ASSESSMENT: The executive director of the Arms Control Association stated Iran appears to be 'launching them into relatively populated areas, probably with the goal of producing potential civilian harm.' The use of cluster munitions in populated areas is prohibited under international humanitarian law for signatories — Iran is not a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. CONTEXT: This is at least the 25th cluster munition incident in Israel during the war. Tel Aviv is Iran's highest-value urban target — 4 million people in the metro area. Previous cluster strikes hit Rishon LeZion (Day 22), Ramat Gan (Day 19), Beit Shemesh (Day 3), and other central Israel locations. The Day 23 strike represents Iran sustaining cluster munition attacks on the central population belt despite 23 days of US-Israeli bombing.