Iranian cluster bomb attack causes deaths in israel and judea-samaria

First responders work the scene where a man was killed in an Iranian missile strike in central Israel’s Moshav Adanim, March 19, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)

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On Wednesday night, ballistic missiles launched by Iran struck several regions of Israel and Judea-Samaria, killing a foreign worker in the center of the country and three Palestinian women in the southern part of Judea-Samaria

According to emergency services, the worker, a man in his 30s, died from serious injuries caused by shrapnel in Moshav Adanim, a town near Tel Aviv.

His name was not immediately released.

Shortly before, in the Palestinian village of Beit Awwa, near Hebron, a cluster-type munition exploded and killed three women – identified as Sahira Masalma, aged 50, Amal Masalma, aged 36, and Mais Masalma, aged 17 – in addition to injuring thirteen other people, two of them in serious condition.

These were the first Palestinian victims of Judea-Samaria killed by Iranian attacks in the current conflict.

Another cluster bomb fell in the Israeli community of Neta, very close by, damaging a house but leaving no injuries.

The Israeli Army reported that about half of the ballistic missiles fired by Iran in this war carried cluster bomb warheads.

Iran itself acknowledged the use of this type of weaponry, stating that it was in retaliation for the death of its security chief, Ali Larijani, murdered by Israel days earlier.

Other impacts occurred in Tel Aviv, where a residential building suffered extensive damage and one person was slightly injured, and in Petah Tikva, where a 44-year-old man and two children were slightly injured.

In Ramat Gan, an elderly couple in their 70s died after being hit by shrapnel from one of these munitions.

Sirens also sounded in areas such as Haifa, Galilee, Golan and near Eilat, but with no reports of casualties in those locations.

At the same time, Hezbollah, a group backed by Iran, fired rockets at northern and central Israel, including a region close to the Gaza border – something unusual since the resumption of its attacks this month.

Some projectiles caused material damage, as in Kiryat Shmona, but no injuries were reported.

The conflict is intensifying amid a bombing campaign by the United States and Israel against Iran, which began in late February, with the aim of weakening its leadership and nuclear and missile programs.

Iranian actions follow the death of senior regime officials, including the intelligence chief, in a short period.

Published in 03/19/2026 07h19

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