Iran hits Ramat Gan apartment building with cluster warhead ballistic missile after Israel kills security chief Larijani, killing two elderly residents

The day after Israel killed Iran's security chief Ali Larijani on March 17, Iran launched a retaliatory barrage that included a cluster warhead ballistic missile striking a residential building in Ramat Gan. Two residents in their seventies, found just outside their safe room, were killed. A second missile targeting Jerusalem was intercepted by Israeli air defenses. Human Rights Watch later documented Iran's use of cluster munition warheads in its barrages as a violation of international humanitarian law, noting their indiscriminate effect in civilian areas.