Iran Fires Cluster Bomb Warhead at Central Israel

An Iranian ballistic missile carrying a suspected cluster bomb warhead strikes Tel Aviv and Petah Tikva on Day 9 afternoon. More than a dozen impact sites are scattered across central Israel — the dispersed pattern confirming a cluster munitions payload. Six civilians are injured, including a man in his 40s in serious condition in Tel Aviv. It is the sixth Iranian missile attack since midnight and the first confirmed use of cluster munitions by Iran against Israeli civilian population centres. Cluster munitions scatter submunitions over a wide area, leaving unexploded ordnance dangerous to civilians for years. Over 108 countries have banned them. Neither Iran nor Israel is a signatory to the Oslo Convention. The attack represents another deliberate escalation — targeting not military infrastructure but the Israeli heartland, maximising civilian anxiety.

Key facts

• •6 civilians injured — 1 seriously in Tel Aviv, 5 in Petah Tikva
• •12+ impact sites confirm cluster bomb warhead (dispersed pattern)
• •First Iranian use of cluster munitions against Israeli civilian areas
• •Sixth Iranian missile attack on Israel since midnight on Day 9
• •Cluster munitions banned by 108+ countries — Iran not a signatory