Israel’s Home Front Command announced on Thursday that one of the projectiles launched by Iran earlier in the day was identified as a cluster missile.
This particular missile carried a warhead filled with multiple submunitions, each containing 2.5 kilograms of explosive material.
Officials explained that the missile fragmented while still airborne, breaking apart at an altitude of 7 kilometers. The submunitions then scattered across an area with a radius of 8 kilometers. According to the Home Front Command, this type of weapon is designed to release its payload upon ground impact using a specific triggering mechanism.
The disintegration took place over the city of Azor, situated southeast of Tel Aviv. Authorities also warned that some of the submunitions that landed during the morning attack failed to detonate, classifying them as duds. These unexploded devices pose a major safety threat. Citizens were strongly urged to avoid contact and to notify bomb squad personnel immediately.
Thursday’s missile assault, involving a large wave of rockets launched by Iran, inflicted damage on Soroka Medical Center and struck various locations in Tel Aviv, Holon, and Ramat Gan.
Some of the missiles were intercepted by Israel’s defense systems, but this particular wave was the most intense attack in the past two days. Magen David Adom reported that 89 individuals were injured by the missile impacts in the Gush Dan region, with six victims in critical condition.
Police released video footage from the Ramat Gan stock exchange area, showing the aftermath of the Iranian missile strike. The visuals depicted extensive destruction, including a severely damaged three-story structure and a nearby office tower.
The videos also captured emergency teams, including firefighters and police, working to rescue people trapped inside damaged residences. In several instances, rescue personnel were forced to break into apartments out of fear that people might be stuck inside.
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Israel’s envoy to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, drew a striking comparison between Israel’s success in its military campaign against Iran and Russia’s prolonged struggle in Ukraine, emphasizing the swiftness of Israel’s achievements.
“We’ve achieved air superiority over the skies of Iran in three days. What Russia did not accomplish over Ukraine in three years, we accomplished in three days,” he says.
Leiter emphasized the disparity in size between the nations, noting that Iran significantly outweighs Israel in both geographical scope and population, just as Russia dwarfs Ukraine.
He also praised the role of U.S.-supplied fighter jets in the conflict, singling out the synergy between Israeli skill and American technology.
“The Israeli Air Force is showing that pairing Israeli pilots with American F-35s is a winning combination,” he says.
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In a powerful address delivered at the conclusion of a shiur klali in his yeshiva, Rav Moshe Shternbuch spoke about the war with Iran and the fear it has instilled across the country.
Rav Shternbuch urged his talmidim not to fall into panic or fear, emphasizing the need for both spiritual awakening and steadfast emunah. “We are currently in a time of distress,” he said. “The Arabs are launching many missiles toward Eretz Yisrael. There are casualties and injuries — may Hashem protect us. But we must understand that this is not happenstance. It is the voice of the Ribbono Shel Olam — ‘Kol dodi dofek, pischi li achosi ra’ayasi’ — calling on us to open our hearts and examine our actions, and to cry out to Hashem.”
However, he continued, fear and panic are not the appropriate response. “A Jew must have faith and trust. As my rebbi, Rav Moshe Schneider zt”l, used to say during World War II, at the height of the Blitz, when the Nazis, yemach shemam, were bombing London nightly: ‘Every bomb has an address.’ We believe with complete faith that no bomb falls randomly. Each one is sent and directed precisely by Hakadosh Baruch Hu. There is nothing to fear from a bomb.”
Rav Shternbuch emphasized that this principle — that nothing happens by chance — is foundational to Jewish life. “Our duty is not to fear them, but to remember that we are completely dependent on Hashem. As it says: ‘Hinei Keil yeshuasi, evtach velo efchad’. This is the cornerstone of a Jew’s life — to know that there is no such thing as coincidence, that everything is from Him. Ein adam nokef etzba’o milemata ela im kein machrizin alav milemaalah. No one moves a finger below without Hashem’s will above. There is no being without Hashem, and no power outside of His.”
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At least six people were seriously wounded by an Iranian missile barrage on Israel on Thursday morning. Be’er Sheva’s Soroka Medical Center sustained a direct hit, and impacts were also reported in Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan and Cholon.
Four serious injuries were caused by a direct hit on a residential building in Cholon, south of Tel Aviv, according to Wolfson Medical Center. The hospital said it was also treating 19 people listed in mild condition.
Two people were seriously wounded in the direct hit in Ramat Gan.
As of Thursday afternoon, the number of injured stood at more than 200, including at least 147 in the greater Tel Aviv region and around 60 in Beersheva. The figures include those injured while running to shelters, individuals suffering from anxiety, and hurt people who arrived independently at hospitals.
In addition to Wolfson and Soroka, victims were evacuated to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital), Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Rabin Medical Center Beilinson Campus in Petach Tikva, Yitzchak Shamir Medical Center (formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical Center) in Be’er Ya’akov, Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod and Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikvah.
Shrapnel severely damaged the home of former Health Minister Dan Naveh in Savyon, southeast of Ramat Gan. The president and CEO of Israel Bonds is on a fundraising trip in the United States, but he told Channel 12 News that his children were at home and survived unharmed.
“Our home suffered severe damage today. Thank God, the three children were together in the safe room and are OK; they were truly saved by a miracle. I was on a video call with the children when the explosion was heard—there were many moments of anxiety,” he said, adding, “We are in an important existential war, and our spirit is strong.”
The barrage, composed of some 30 ballistic missiles, was the heaviest launched by the Islamic Republic in nearly 48 hours.
Emergency teams were responding at several sites, searching for wounded and treating several individuals for minor injuries, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service. In total, 22 individuals with mild injuries were being transported to hospitals.
Following direct missile strikes on residential buildings in central Israel, United Hatzalah volunteers provided initial treatment to three women in serious condition, two men in moderate condition, and more than 50 additional people who sustained mild injuries, including many suffering from emotional shock.
Officials from the IDF Home Front Command surveyed the damage at the impact site in Holon, with Home Front Command head Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo praising the actions of local residents.
“This incident is an exceptional example of civilian behavior—the civilians heard the alert, went down to the shelter, and that saved their lives,” Milo said.
Israel’s Channel 12 News reported that a suspected leak of hazardous materials on one of the floors of Soroka Medial Center was being investigated and that the area was being evacuated; however, it was later reported that a dangerous leak had been ruled out.
“There has been damage to the hospital and extensive damage in various areas. We are currently assessing the damage, including injuries,” the Soroka spokesperson said, requesting that people not come to the medical center at this time and stating that further updates would be provided as soon as possible.
According to reports, part of the Soroka complex had been evacuated a day before Thursday’s strike by a special order of the Health Ministry, including the floor hit by the missile.
“Just yesterday, they evacuated the old surgical building, which today took a direct hit. It’s a great miracle,” a doctor at Soroka told Kan News.
Israeli Health Minister Uriel Buso called the Soroka strike “an act of terror” that crosses a red line.
“It is a war crime by the Iranian regime, deliberately targeting innocent civilians and medical teams dedicated to saving lives. The Health Ministry was prepared in advance, and thanks to the immediate actions we took, a major disaster was averted,” said Buso.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called the Iranian regime “Nazis who launch missiles at hospitals, at the elderly, and at children.” If the regime had nuclear weapons, it would deploy them “without even thinking for a second,” he added.
Israeli security and rescue personnel at the scene after a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit in Ramat Gan, June 19, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
He called “Operation Rising Lion,” the IDF campaign in Iran, “the most just campaign Israel has ever embarked on in its history.
“I embrace the citizens of Israel and strengthen the hands of the prime minister and my colleagues in the Cabinet during these days. We are all united—to remove this threat once and for all, until the end and until absolute victory! The people of Israel live,” Ben-Gvir said.
IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin noted in a Thursday afternoon press briefing that Soroka serves more than one million Israelis of all backgrounds.
“Iran targeting civilian centers with ballistic missiles is no surprise for us,” Defrin said, adding that the regime in Tehran has long declared its intent to destroy Israel and has now launched over 450 ballistic missiles and hundreds of UAVs at the Jewish state in less than a week.
Defrin emphasized that Israel’s ongoing military operations are focused on eliminating “an existential threat that endangers global security,” targeting Iranian nuclear weapons facilities, missile launchers and military sites.
“We cannot—and will not—allow this regime to obtain nuclear weapons or expand its missile arsenal,” he said. “And we will prevail.” JNS
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