By Bongiwe Dlamini

MBABANE: Israel wants Iran to face war crimes for using cluster missiles this week as the war escalates in the Middle East. 

A cluster missile is a container weapon that releases dozens to hundreds of smaller submunitions (bomblets) in mid-air over a wide area and designed for large-area targeting, they pose severe threats to civilians.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported this week that, an Iranian cluster bomb flew through the ceiling of an elderly couple’s apartment in central Israel and exploded in their tiny living room, killing them both.

“The path of the bomb was still clearly mapped onto the ash-covered debris left behind. A large hole in the ceiling of their top-floor apartment marked where it punched through, forcing broken concrete and metal rods inwards. 

Shrapnel holes across the back walls showed the force of the explosion, which destroyed the front of the apartment - leaving it open to the street outside. Inside, a walking frame lay upended on the floor under the ash-covered furniture and rubble,” reads the BBC report in part.