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 scattered unpredictably before hitting the ground. One of the submunitions struck a residential home in the town of Azor, south of Tel Aviv. The impact caused limited damage, comparable to that of a small rocket. No injuries were reported in that particular strike.

Some might chalk it up to a stroke of good fortune or credit it to seasoned leadership and quick thinking in the face of crisis.
But we know the truth: It was Hashgocha Elyonah, the unmistakable Hand of Hashem.
The Jerusalem Post reports that roughly a day before Iranian ballistic missiles tore into Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva this morning, Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov made a pivotal call that ended up preserving countless lives. “Clear the surgery floor in the hospital – it’s not safe,” he ordered. While some questioned the necessity of such a drastic move, the wisdom of his directive became heartbreakingly clear the next day.

UPDATE: Following the sirens that were heard moments ago in northern Israel, MDA has not received any reports of rocket impacts or injuries — except for one woman who was injured while making her way to a protected area. Around 10 missiles were fired at Israel.

PM Netanyahu visits Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva following this morning’s direct missile strike on the hospital, causing serious damage and multiple injuries. “We target military installations, they target civilians in a hospital who have no way of getting to shelters”.

On Thursday morning, Israeli Defense Minister Yisroel Katz visited the impact site in Holon where an Iranian missile had struck, leaving many civilians wounded. Among the injured were four individuals in serious condition.
While surveying the damage, Katz issued a blunt warning aimed directly at Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. “A dictator like Khamenei cannot be allowed to exist. Khamenei is a modern-day Hitler, diverting his nation’s resources toward the goal of destroying Israel.”
Earlier that same morning, Katz sharply condemned the Iranian regime for intentionally hitting civilian zones. “The cowardly Iranian dictator sits in the depths of his fortified bunker, firing targeted missiles at hospitals and residential buildings in Israel.”

On Thursday morning, Israeli President Isaac Herzog made his way to Soroka Hospital following the damage it sustained from an Iranian missile strike.
Reflecting on the visit, Herzog said, “I arrived at Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva this morning, to be greeted by Director of the hospital, Prof. Shlomi Kodesh, along with doctors, nurses, and patients, Jews and Muslims, from all walks of life from across the beautiful Negev.”
He continued, “We stood together and looked at the destruction and devastation caused by an Iranian missile fired indiscriminately with the sole intention to take innocent lives in a hospital.”
Calling attention to the gravity of the attack, Herzog declared, “This is a war crime!”

The IDF Home Front Command confirmed that Iran launched a ballistic missile with a cluster bomb warhead targeting central Israel, which split at approximately 7 kilometers altitude, dispersing around 20 smaller munitions across an 8km radius. An Israeli military official noted that while the threat may be broader than Iran’s other ballistic missile warheads, the cluster bombs’ explosions are significantly smaller.

Israel’s Home Front Command announced on Thursday that one of the projectiles launched by Iran earlier in the day was identified as a cluster missile.
This particular missile carried a warhead filled with multiple submunitions, each containing 2.5 kilograms of explosive material.
Officials explained that the missile fragmented while still airborne, breaking apart at an altitude of 7 kilometers. The submunitions then scattered across an area with a radius of 8 kilometers. According to the Home Front Command, this type of weapon is designed to release its payload upon ground impact using a specific triggering mechanism.