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Israeli security and rescue forces evacuate injured people near the site where suspected unexploded ordnance detonated during a school trip, killing a teenage student and injuring 19 others near Kibbutz Yiftah in the Ramim Ridge area, close to the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
October 13, 2026, 5:00 pm
Deadly blast on school trip exposes lurking explosive threat after years of war
Despite concerns around unexploded ordnance left across country after missiles stopped flying, questions remain over who’s responsible for clearance and whether public awareness has been sufficiently raised
By Emanuel Fabian
Elazar Yair Wilensky, killed in an explosion near the Lebanon border on October 12, 2026. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 10:01 am
Student killed in blast near Lebanon border ID’d as 9th grader Elazar Yair Wilensky
More than a dozen hospitalized, five kids in serious condition, as Education Ministry says the route it approved didn’t cross into restricted area, group may have gone off-trail
By ToI Staff and Diana Bletter
Nesya Karadi, 11, died on April 24, 2026, of critical wounds sustained in an Iranian cluster bomb attack on Bnei Brak in central Israel on March 31, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 24, 2026, 10:12 pm
11-year-old girl from Bnei Brak dies of wounds from Iranian strike on Passover eve
Nesya Karadi was critically wounded when cluster bomb submunition hit her family’s home in central Israel on April 1; she is 21st victim in Israel of Iran war
By ToI Staff
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, sitting, with his daughter, observes what it says a test launch of an upgraded surface-to-surface ballistic missile at an undisclosed place in North Korea, April 19, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
April 20, 2026, 6:42 am
North Korea again tests cluster munitions in launch observed by Kim and his daughter
Observers say the Iran war may have prompted North Korea to display its cluster bombs; Iran repeatedly fired such weapons at Israeli cities
By Hyung-Jin Kim and KIM TONG-HYUNG
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where an Iranian cluster missile caused damage to a residential building in Ramat Gan, April 4, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 5, 2026, 5:39 pm
Of missiles and miracles: Residents of bombed cities count their blessings after weekend salvos
With over a dozen impact sites across major central cities, many residents describe shock and an eroding sense of safety, while others see moments of fortune amid destruction
By Stav Levaton
A rescue worker carries an infant from the scene of an Iranian missile strike in central Israel, March 31, 2026 (MDA)
March 31, 2026, 2:40 pm
8 lightly hurt by cluster bombs in central Israel as Iranian attacks persist across region
US launches massive strikes on Iranian ammunition bunkers near Isfahan overnight; crude oil tanker set ablaze by drone strike off Dubai, briefly spiking oil prices
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Damage caused to a bomb-safe room in Petah Tikva by an Iranian cluster munition, March 24, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law; Tal Gal/Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 11:12 am
IDF finds bombproof room held up to direct hit from cluster munition
Petah Tikva incident on Tuesday apparently marked first time a submunition directly hit a bomb-safe room in Israel; those inside, including two children, were unharmed
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran killed one person in Tel Aviv, March 28, 2026. (Flash90)
March 28, 2026, 3:23 am
One killed, several wounded in Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel
Bomblets from cluster warhead strike several sites, killing Vyacheslav Vidmant, 52, who had been guarding Tel Aviv residential buildings evacuated after a previous deadly strike
By Emanuel Fabian
Lawyer Samy Faisal, who cannot represent clients because the courts are not hearing cases until April 14, buys a cellphone for his mother in the northern city of Haifa, March 24, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
March 26, 2026, 1:58 pm
In mixed Haifa, weary residents face near-constant Iranian and Hezbollah missile fire
Christian, Muslim and Jewish businesses suffer alike as customers stay away, leaving many gasping for air — and grasping for their next paychecks
By Sue Surkes
Onlookers and rescue forces inspect damage at the scene where a cluster munition from an Iranian ballistic missile struck in Bnei Brak, March 24, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 25, 2026, 3:20 am
Nine people wounded in Bnei Brak by Iranian cluster bomb munitions
Bomblets impact across central Israel as Iran fires 13 salvos throughout Tuesday; IDF says it struck ‘main’ explosives facility near Isfahan; Tehran accuses US, Israel of bombing Bushehr nuclear site
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage in Petah Tikva, March 22, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
March 22, 2026, 2:34 pm
15 injured, one seriously, as Iranian cluster munitions impact in central Israel
36 people, 19 of them children, still hospitalized from direct hits in southern cities of Dimona and Arad; at impact site, Netanyahu says, ‘If you’re in a shelter, you’re protected’
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter and Nava Freiberg
Israeli security personnel at the scene where a fragment from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile impacted in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on March 20, 2026, damaging a road and a wall. (IDF Spokesman)
March 20, 2026, 4:07 pm
Fragment of downed Iranian missile impacts in Jerusalem’s Old City; Rehovot homes damaged
Three missiles fired Friday had cluster warheads, causing mostly light injuries; IRGC spokesman denies PM’s claim on destroyed missile production capacity, is killed by the time he gets quoted
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli security and rescue forces inspect the damage at the scene where a missile with cluster bombs fired from Iran at Israel killed two people and caused damage in Ramat Gan, central Israel, March 18, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 19, 2026, 6:19 pm
To conserve interceptors, IAF choosing not to shoot down some Iranian cluster bomblets
Submunitions carrying a few kilograms of explosives are unlikely to harm people if they are sheltering, military officials say; IAF says it has dropped 12,000 bombs in Iran
By Emanuel Fabian
A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is seen on the runway at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv amid ongoing missile attacks from Iran toward Israel, March 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 19, 2026, 2:42 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 19 – Israelis grapple with Iran’s attritional missile fire
Tol editor David Horovitz discusses the relentless attacks from Iran and Hezbollah, airport strains, divergent messaging from Trump and Netanyahu, and essential war goals
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Emergency rescue personnel at a home in Ramat Gan impacted by a deadly Iranian missile attack, early on March 18, 2026 (Magen David Adom)
March 18, 2026, 10:57 am
Ramat Gan couple in their 70s killed by Iranian cluster missile
Yaron and Ilana Moshe die while trying to reach their apartment’s safe room; Iran fires four barrages overnight, claims revenge for killing of Larijani
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter and Agencies
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