The Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s security forces, reported that Iran’s missile strike on the southern Israeli city of Dimona was in retaliation for strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Dimona is near Israel’s main nuclear facility, the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center. and it is widely thought by researchers to be connected to Israel’s nuclear weapons program. After the strike, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said it had not received any indication of damage to the nuclear research center and called for “maximum” restraint in the vicinity of nuclear facilities.
At least 33 people were wounded after a missile struck the city of Arad in southern Israel, emergency services said. Four of them were in serious condition as medical personnel searched for more casualties. Arad is just 25 miles northeast of the small city of Dimona, where another missile struck and injured dozens earlier in the day, according to emergency services.
At least 33 people were wounded after a missile struck the city of Arad in southern Israel, emergency services said. Four of them were in serious condition as medical personnel searched for more casualties. Arad is just 25 miles northeast of the small city of Dimona, where another missile struck and injured dozens earlier in the day, according to emergency services.