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Netanyahu Vows to Continue War with Iran and Lebanon after Missile Strike in Arad

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that the war with Iran and Lebanon will continue after a direct hit from an Iranian missile in the city of Arad, which caused dozens of injuries. Israeli emergency services are working at the scene.


Netanyahu Vows to Continue War with Iran and Lebanon after Missile Strike in Arad

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday that the war against Iran and Lebanon will continue, according to a statement released after a direct hit from an Iranian missile that caused serious and moderate injuries to about twenty people in the southern city of Arad. "This is a very difficult night in the campaign for our future," Netanyahu said in the text shared by his Office, where he confirmed having spoken with the mayor of Arad. "We are determined to continue attacking our enemies on all fronts," he warned about the war that began last February 28, together with the USA, against Iran and to which Hezbollah in Lebanon joined days later. According to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva, so far 68 injured people have been transferred to emergency rooms, 10 in serious condition and 11 with moderate injuries, while the rest were slightly injured. In addition, 90 units of blood and blood components have arrived at this hospital, reported the Magen David Adom emergency team. Firefighters said the impact occurred in the city center, damaging three buildings and causing a fire "on the fourth floor" of one of them, according to a statement. In addition, the search for missing or trapped people continues. This second impact came after another missile fell earlier in the city of Dimona, about 50 kilometers from Arad and home to the so-called Negev Nuclear Research Center. This nuclear facility is 30 kilometers from the second impact in Arad. The two impacts were preceded by a US-Israeli attack today against the uranium enrichment complex of Natanz, in Iran, without, according to the report of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), there being any record of a radioactive material leak at the moment.