US EditionIran using 'cluster bomb warheads' with smaller explosives in attacks on Israel
- On Thursday morning, Iran launched approximately 20 ballistic missiles toward central and southern Israel, causing widespread damage and injuries.
- The missile attack came amid heightened conflict in the week-long war, with the Israeli military confirming that at least one missile carried a warhead designed to release multiple smaller bomblets over a wide area.
- The attacks damaged buildings in Ramat Gan, Holon, Tel Aviv, and the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, and caused injuries to at least 89 people, six critically.
- One cluster missile dispersed about 20 bomblets over an eight-kilometer radius near Azor, each bomblet carrying 2.5 kilograms of explosives, increasing the threat radius significantly according to Israeli officials.
- The use of cluster bombs marks the first such reported deployment in this conflict, prompting Israeli warnings about unexploded ordnance and advisories to report missile debris to authorities.
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Israel says Iran fired cluster bomb-bearing missile
Iran launched a missile at Israel on Thursday (Jun 19) that scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties, the Israeli military and its Washington embassy said, the first reported use of cluster munitions in the seven-day-old war. "Today, the Iranian Armed Forces fired a missile that
Iran has not only shot Israel with a horror rocket, as previously known, but also fired a forbidden cluster bomb. After this attack, the US looks at the US: Will US President Donald Trump intervene in the war? And if so, when? The attack on Thursday would be the first known use of such a cluster bomb by Tehran since the 1980s. So far only the Israeli Army's Home Front Command (IDF) confirmed that at least one of the rockets shot down had several…
IDF Confirms Iran Fired Cluster Bomb Missile at Central Israel in Thursday Morning Barrage
The IDF’s Home Front Command has confirmed that Iran launched at least one ballistic missile armed with a cluster bomb warhead toward central Israel earlier today. According to the military, the warhead deployed at an altitude of approximately seven kilometers, dispersing roughly 20 smaller submunitions across an estimated eight-kilometer radius. Lacking propulsion systems, these bomblets […]
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