Iran fired at least one missile at Israel that scattered small bombs with the aim of increasing civilian casualties, the Israeli military said on Thursday, the first reported use of cluster munitions in the seven-day-old war. Israeli military officials provided no further details. Israeli news reports quoted the Israeli military as saying the missile’s warhead split open at an altitude of about 4 miles and released around 20 submunitions in a radius of around 5 miles over central Israel.

The Israeli army said on Thursday it believes Iran launched a cluster munition as part of its missile barrage on Israel this morning. A cluster munition consists of a warhead that…

IDF says at least one of the weapons that broke through air defences and exploded was carrying multiple warheads