Iran fires 7 missile salvos at Israel in 10 hours — heaviest single-day barrage of the conflict

Iran fired at least 7 separate ballistic missile salvos at Israel between midnight and 10:00 UTC on Day 16 — the heaviest single-day missile tempo of the conflict. Salvos targeted both central Israel (Tel Aviv metropolitan area) and Eilat in the south, applying simultaneous pressure across Israeli cities separated by over 300km. Notable in the overnight campaign: one salvo included a ballistic missile with a cluster bomb warhead intercepted over Eilat — a more sophisticated and dangerous warhead type that disperses submunitions over a wider area. IDF air defense systems activated for each wave. Emergency services scanned impact sites after each salvo. No significant injuries were reported in salvos 3-7 but fires were caused in Holon from the initial barrage. Iran's 7-salvo campaign reflects its attrition strategy: sustaining high-tempo launches to deplete Israeli interceptor stockpiles, which US officials confirmed are critically low. Israel responded with extensive strikes on western Iran at 08:30 UTC. The exchange represents the most intense 10-hour period of missile combat in the conflict to date.