Multiple IDF sources have confirmed that Iran used a cluster bomb warhead in the missile strike on Beersheba on Friday afternoon.
There are no reports of injuries in Beersheba despite the attack.
What are cluster bombs?
A cluster bomb is a containered warhead that, upon reaching its target area, opens in mid-air and scatters dozens or hundreds of smaller explosives, known as "bomblets," over a wide zone.
Those bomblets are unguided and designed to increase the chance of hitting troops, vehicles, or soft targets across an area roughly the size of several football fields.
The smaller bombs carry around two kilograms of explosives, according to a previous Jerusalem Post report.
Cluster bombs have been outlawed in 112 countries; however, neither Israel nor Iran is party to the treaties outlawing them.