An Iranian cluster munition attack caused widespread damage across residential areas in central Israel.

By World Israel News Staff

A married couple in their 70s were killed overnight Tuesday when an Iranian bomb directly struck their home in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.

An initial investigation found that a cluster munition impacted the roof of their four-story apartment building. Five additional residents were wounded in the attack.

First responders said the couple’s bodies were found next to their apartment’s bomb shelter, suggesting they had tried to reach safety but failed to make it in time.

Chen Amir, who lives in the same building on a lower floor, described the moment of impact and its immediate aftermath in an interview with Hebrew-language outlet Walla.

“We heard the siren and my wife and I went into the bomb shelter. After a minute we heard a serious boom,” Amir recounted.

“After two minutes I opened the [bomb shelter] door,” he said, noting that his apartment was filled with “thick smoke and a burning smell.”

Amir said he saw the slain couple’s apartment after the strike and described extensive damage.

The apartment “had a hole in the middle of the living room ceiling,” Amir said.

“They have a bomb shelter, but they didn’t have time to get there. We were in the bomb shelter, that’s what saved us,” he added.

There were approximately 20 other sites throughout central Israel where damage was reported after munitions from the missile spread over a wide area.

The slain couple have not yet been publicly identified by name in Hebrew-language media.

Damage was also reported at the nearby Savidor Merkaz train station, forcing its temporary closure.

In a statement, Israel Railways said teams were working around the clock to reopen the station as soon as possible and that charter buses had been commissioned to assist commuters.

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A poster named Omer wrote that Hezbollah excels at ‘the precision killing of chickens.’

By Vered Weiss, World Israel News

Responding to news that the IDF intercepted most of the missiles Hezbollah fired at it on Sunday, many Arabs critical of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah took to social media. They referred to him as a “chicken hunter.”

The moniker was inspired by news that a few of the Hezbollah rockets that weren’t intercepted landed in chicken coops in Israel.

An Arab social media post, “Initial response to Israel a chicken coop was destroyed, killing a number of chickens and chicks and breaking thousands of eggs. Damn you scoundrels, you and the Iranian Houthis … ”

One social media poster from Kuwait named Fahed posted  a photo of a dead chicken and wrote, “Allahu Akbar! Hassan Nasrallah’s response! Hezbollah’s response! The number of chicken injuries rose to 27 chickens, 5 of them are critically injured, with first-degree burns to the wings and beak, after the chicken pen was targeted in response to the assassination of Fouad Shukr. He says ‘Our missiles are accurate!”

A Syrian social media user posted,  “Is it reasonable that my ally Hezbollah would respond to the assassination of the party’s top military commander by killing chickens?”

A Jordanian commenter added, “Iranian Hezbollah takes revenge for Fouad Shukr and Haniyeh by striking an Israeli chicken coop, killing a number of chickens?!!”

A Saudi poster wrote, “Hezbollah’s retaliation against Israel following the assassination of Fu’ad Shuker struck a chicken pen where firefighting teams began to extinguish the fire. The results of the bombing: the death of a rooster, two hens, and a young chick.”

In addition, a poster named Omer wrote that Hezbollah excels at “the precision killing of chickens.”

Hezbollah vowed to strike Israel in revenge for the assassination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr last month.

The terror group has fired missiles into Israel since October 8th.

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