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Herzog tours missile-hit home in Rishon Letzion

The Israeli president condemned Iran’s use of cluster bombs against civilians.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits a home in Rishon Letzion destroyed by an Iranian missile, March 16, 2026. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits a home in Rishon Letzion destroyed by an Iranian missile, March 16, 2026. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday visited the site of the missile strike in Rishon Letzion, south of Tel Aviv, touring a family home that was destroyed in the attack earlier in the day and viewing the damage up close, his office said.

Standing in the shattered living room where a cluster bomb detonated, Herzog condemned Tehran for using the “weapon of the weak” and said the Iranian people “deserve so much better” than a regime that spends their resources exporting “havoc, terror, hate and bloodshed” around the world.

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