Iran firing banned cluster bombs at Israel
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Iran fired cluster munitions at Tel Aviv in retaliation for a killing, violating a weapons ban signed by over 100 countries but not Iran or Israel.
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Iran fired missiles equipped with cluster warheads at Tel Aviv overnight Tuesday, according to Iranian state television, which described the strike as retaliation for Israel's killing of Iranian security chief Ali Larijani. The attack on the densely populated Israeli city killed two people, raising Israel's death toll from the war to at least 14. Cluster munitions are banned under international law by more than 100 countries, though Iran and Israel are not signatories to that treaty. The strike represents a significant escalation in direct military exchanges between the two nations and suggests the conflict is intensifying beyond proxy warfare. The use of banned weapons underscores the deteriorating adherence to international humanitarian law in the conflict.
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