Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The site of a potential missile impact amid a barrage fired from Iran on March 8, 2026 (Magen David Adom)
Three people are injured, one of them seriously, at two impact sites in central Israel following Iran’s latest ballistic missile attack, which is suspected to have been a cluster bomb warhead, first responders say.
Magen David Adom says it treated three people with shrapnel injuries — a man in his 40s in serious condition in Tel Aviv, and a 25-year-old in moderate condition and 56-year-old man in good condition in Petah Tikva.
Home Front Command soldiers operate at the site of a missile impact in central Israel, March 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
More than a dozen impact sites were reported across central Israel, police officials say, adding that the spread of the impact sites indicates the Iranian ballistic missile was likely carrying a cluster bomb warhead.
The IDF says search and rescue soldiers were dispatched to the scenes, and it is investigating the circumstances of the impacts.
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