Israel accused Iran of starting a rocket in Tel Aviv armed with cluster ammunition – marked the first reported use of such weapons since the beginning of the conflict between the two countries. According to the Israeli army and its embassy in Washington, the missiles dispersed small bombs designed to increase civilian victims.
According to Reuters, the embassy said: “Today Iranian armed forces fired a missile that contained a submunition cluster in a densely populated civilian area in Israel.”
He also explained that cluster bombs are designed to spread over the area to maximize the chances of multiple victims during the conflict. “The weapons of the cluster are designed to disperse the large areas and maximize the chances of harmful strikes,” he mentioned E -mail to Reuters.
“Iran illegally fired intentionally on the civilian population and is trying to maximize the damage to civilians in them using wide -ispent ammunition.”
Why are cluster weapons controversial?
According to Israel, the Iranian rocket bearing cluster bombs opened at an altitude of about 7 km and released around 20 submunics within about 8 km above the middle Israel.
Although there were no reports of any victims yet, the first reported use of cluster bombs will surely increase certain eyebrows in the international community.
Cluster bombs are controversial because they release more submoon through a wide area and often hit unintended targets.
These bombs have no driving. They just fall to the ground and should explode when they hit. While they are designed to cover a wide area, each cluster bomb has a much smaller explosion itself.
Some cannot detonate the impact and represent deadly risks long after the end of the fight.
The Israeli army said many bombs of clusters did not explode.
The Israeli army published graphics as a public warning about the dangers of unexploded ammunition.
“The terrorist regime is trying to harm civilians and even use weapons with a wide scatter to maximize the extent of damage,” said Israeli military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin.
Iran and Israel refused to join the international ban on production, storage, transfer and use of bombs that signed 111 countries and 12 other entities.
Will we attack Iran?
After a few efforts to bring Iran to the negotiating table, US President Donald Trump revealed whether the United States would start a direct attack on Iran, despite Tehran’s strict warning to keep Washington out of conflict.
Donald Trump said he would decide in two weeks whether the US military would be part of the conflict, and Iran, given the “essential chance” for renewed diplomatic negotiations on the Tehran Nuclear Program.
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