Iran war live: Missile hits town hosting Israel's nuclear facility

[JBTaurus83]

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Source: Al Jazeera (English)

Israel says an Iranian missile has hit Dimona, a southern town hosting its nuclear facility, in an attack that wounded dozens of people.

Iran says its naval forces destroyed facilities at the Al-Minhad base in the UAE and the Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait claiming they were used in attacks on Iranian territory.

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/3/21/iran-war-live-trump-says-other-nations-have-to-protect-hormuz-from-iran

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5 missile hits in 24 hours? So much winning!

What do we know about the attack on Israel’s Dimona?
• An Iranian missile struck the southern Israeli city of Dimona for a fifth time in 24 hours.
• It’s a well-guarded city and home to Israel’s nuclear facility.
• There were several impact sites, including a three-storey building, which has collapsed.
• At least 39 people have been injured.
• Iranian media says the attack is in response to Israel’s attack on Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.

[nitpicked]

1. Iranian strike on Dimona likely targeted Israeli nuclear facility

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ce84073mr06t
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The Israeli authorities say they are investigating how an Iranian missile got through air defences to make impact in the southern town of Dimona, injuring at least 47 people.

What is clear, however, is why Tehran was aiming at that area.

Some 13km outside Dimona there is a facility that has long been accepted as holding Israel's undeclared arsenal of nuclear weapons. Officially, the site is said to focus solely on research. But for around six decades, it's been an open secret that Israel developed a nuclear bomb there, even if each succeeding government has maintained a position of ambiguity over this.
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Iran itself has confirmed that it was the target of this attack, saying that the strike on Dimona was in response to what it said was an earlier attack by the US/Israeli air campaign against its nuclear facility in Natanz.
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[Chasstev365]

2. This could spin out of control very rapidly.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Iran says its naval forces destroyed facilities?

That’s unpossible according to the marmalade shartcannon.

[GP6971]

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