One person was killed and several others were wounded by an Iranian ballistic missile fired at central Israel late Friday, the sixth attack that Iran launched on the country throughout the day.

The missile carried a cluster bomb warhead, spreading bomblets over a wide area.

One bomblet impact killed a man in his 60s who was not in a bomb shelter, and another submunition hit a residential building and lightly wounded two men in their 50s, according to the police and Magen David Adom.

The Fire and Rescue Service said it handled a total of six sites where submunitions from the missile impacted.

Medics also reported that two people were lightly injured in the Kuseife area of southern Israel earlier Friday evening from falling fragments following the interception of an Iranian ballistic missile.

MDA said it treated a man aged 37 and a woman in her 20s who were injured by shrapnel. Both were taken to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.

Footage shows the moment one of several cluster munitions struck Tel Aviv during Iran's ballistic missile attack on central Israel this evening. pic.twitter.com/smuxEa1195 — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 27, 2026

Footage shows the moment one of several cluster munitions struck Tel Aviv during Iran's ballistic missile attack on central Israel this evening. pic.twitter.com/smuxEa1195

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 27, 2026

Iran again targeted the south in with a ballistic missile salvo launched early Friday, triggering sirens in Beersheba and surrounding towns but causing no injuries.

One of the ballistic missiles launched by Iran at central Israel a short while ago carried a cluster bomb warhead, footage shows. pic.twitter.com/kBB25yEzHp — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 27, 2026

One of the ballistic missiles launched by Iran at central Israel a short while ago carried a cluster bomb warhead, footage shows. pic.twitter.com/kBB25yEzHp

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) March 27, 2026

The deadly attack, which came as Israel continued to carry out strikes in Iran — including early Saturday in Tehran against “targets of the Iranian terror regime,” raised the number of Israeli civilians and foreign nationals killed in Israel by Iranian ballistic missiles to 16 in the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran, along with four Palestinians in the West Bank.

Iran has fired more than 450 ballistic missiles at Israel since the war began on February 28, with the military reporting an interception rate of 92 percent of attacks heading for populated areas and key infrastructure. In all, nine missiles carrying conventional warheads with hundreds of kilograms of explosives have struck populated areas in Israel, causing extensive damage in at least six cases. There have also been more than 30 incidents of missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads hitting populated areas, with over 150 separate impact sites.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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