Six people were injured, one of them seriously, at two impact sites in central Israel following an Iranian ballistic missile attack that apparently used a cluster warhead on Sunday afternoon, the sixth salvo of the day targeting Israel.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said a man in his 40s was seriously wounded in Tel Aviv.
In Petah Tikva, five others were hurt, including a man aged 25 in moderate condition and three in good condition.
More than a dozen impact sites were reported across central Israel, police officials said, adding that the spread of the impact sites indicated that the Iranian ballistic missile was likely carrying a cluster bomb warhead.
Iran has launched multiple ballistic missiles at Israel carrying cluster bomb warheads during the ongoing conflict, indiscriminately spreading small bombs in wide areas of the country.
The IDF said search and rescue soldiers were dispatched to the scenes, and it was investigating the circumstances of the impacts.
Photos and videos from the impact scenes showed widespread damage.
There were no serious injuries reported in five earlier salvos targeting Israel throughout Sunday morning, beginning at 2 a.m. local time. The seventh and eighth attacks on Sunday afternoon also did not appear to cause any damage or injuries.
The previous Iranian attacks on Israel set off sirens in the center, north and south of the country, forcing millions to seek shelter. The IDF said a ballistic missile that targeted southern Israel was likely intercepted, according to initial military assessments.
And following a salvo targeting central Israel, some fragments from the interception were reported to fall in unpopulated areas.
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain all also reported new attacks, more than a week after the US and Israel launched preemptive strikes against Tehran, and Iran’s president vowed to step up such activity.
Neighboring countries have borne much of Tehran’s response after the US and Israel launched a massive air campaign against Iran, with 16 people, eight of them civilians, killed in the Gulf states since the war began, according to an AFP tally.
Iran’s president threatened Sunday to step up attacks on American targets throughout the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict.
“When we are attacked, we have no choice but to respond. The more pressure they impose on us, the stronger our response will naturally be,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said in video comments Sunday. “Our Iran, our country, will not bow easily in the face of bullying, oppression or aggression — and it never has.”
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