US Edition'Very Difficult to Stop': BBC Visits Scene of Iran Cluster Bomb Strike on Israel
The attack involved at least eight impact points and forced a nationwide rail suspension; 14 people have died in missile strikes since the conflict escalated, officials said.
- An Iranian cluster munition killed an elderly couple in central Israel overnight, striking their apartment in the Tel Aviv district as they headed to a shelter.
- Israeli military spokesman Col Nadav Shoshani said that while Israel intercepted the missiles, each carried 20 to 80 munitions, making them "very difficult to stop."
- Neighbor Sigal Amir recounted sheltering in her safe room when the blast destroyed the home: "The neighbours live five metres from us—their door was blown off and their house was full of dust like snow."
- Authorities report 14 people have died in missile attacks since the conflict escalated, while the overnight barrage damaged platforms at Savidor Central station, forcing a nationwide suspension of rail services.
- Israel also fights the Lebanese group Hezbollah on its northern border; the joint US-Israel campaign has destroyed over 70% of Iran's ballistic launchers, though the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reports at least 1354 civilians killed since the war began.
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The rockets fragment in the sky and strike at random. Yesterday killed two elderly people near Tel Aviv and four Palestinian women in the West Bank
Middle East conflict: Israeli couple killed by Iran's cluster missile; PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers condolences
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered condolences to the family of a 70-year-old couple who was killed in Iran's cluster missile attack overnight. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement that the attack was in retaliation to Ali Larijani's killing.
Elderly Couple Killed in Iranian Cluster Missile Strike in Central Israel Identified
RAMAT GAN, Israel — A couple killed in an Iranian missile strike has been identified as Yaron and Ilana Moshe, as Iran continued firing overnight barrages into central Israel, authorities said Wednesday. The Moshes, both in their 70s, were killed early Wednesday when a cluster munition struck their apartment in Ramat Gan, just outside Tel […]
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