The Israeli military and its embassy in Washington said that Iran fired a missile at Israel on Thursday. The missile scattered a small bomb aimed at increasing civilian casualties. This is the first time in the seven-day war that there have been reports of the use of cluster munitions. Israeli news reports quoted the Israeli military as saying that the missile warhead split at an altitude of about 4 miles and released about 20 munitions within a radius of about 5 miles in central Israel. According to the Times of Israel, one of the small munitions hit a house in the central Israeli town of Azor, causing some damage. There are no reports of casualties caused by the bomb. Cluster bombs are controversial because they indiscriminately disperse submunitions, some of which may not explode and still cause casualties long after the conflict has ended.

The Israeli military and its embassy in Washington said that Iran fired a missile at Israel on Thursday. The missile scattered a small bomb aimed at increasing civilian casualties. This is the first time in the seven-day war that there have been reports of the use of cluster munitions. Israeli news reports quoted the Israeli military as saying that the missile warhead split at an altitude of about 4 miles and released about 20 munitions within a radius of about 5 miles in central Israel. According to the Times of Israel, one of the small munitions hit a house in the central Israeli town of Azor, causing some damage. There are no reports of casualties caused by the bomb. Cluster bombs are controversial because they indiscriminately disperse submunitions, some of which may not explode and still cause casualties long after the conflict has ended.