An Iranian missile hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what the Islamic republic said was retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz. Iranian barrages tore through southern Israel on Saturday, leaving around 100 people wounded across Dimona and Arad, among them a 5- and 12-year-old boy. In Arad, medics reported that a 5-year-old girl remained in serious condition following the impact of a ballistic missile. Iran has claimed it attacked Dimona “after the US and Israel attacked the Bushehr power plant and the Natanz facilities”. The enemy must surrender before it is too late.”The Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center, commonly known as the Dimona nuclear reactor, is a nuclear installation located in the Negev Desert in southern Israel, approximately 13km (8 miles) southeast of the city of Dimona.

Source: The Irish Times March 22, 2026 01:05 UTC