Around 120 people were injured, 11 seriously, in two Iranian missile strikes recorded on Saturday night in the Negev Desert area in southern Israel, which hosts the country's largest nuclear installation, without air defense systems managing to destroy them before they hit the ground. These strikes come after Iran denounced a US-Israeli attack on the uranium enrichment complex in Natanz. The first impact was recorded after air raid sirens sounded at 7:00 PM local time (5:00 GMT) in the area east of the city of Beersheba in anticipation of incoming missiles from Iran. One of them fell in the town of Dimona, where the Negev Nuclear Research Center is located, and injured 47 people, including a 10-year-old child in serious condition and a woman in moderate condition. The rest of the injured, according to Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service, were shrapnel injuries, as well as injuries while moving to protected areas or from panic. The Israel Fire and Rescue Service reported the collapse of a building in that locality, which caused a fire in the area. The Israeli Army confirmed to EFE that the missile fell directly to the ground, without interception systems being able to reach it before the impact. Air raid sirens sounded again in the area at 10:00 PM local time and again a quarter of an hour later, after which a second direct impact was recorded, this time in Arad, a town about 30 kilometers from Dimona. The missile, which according to the Army was also not intercepted by Israeli defense systems, fell between several buildings, causing significant damage to three of them and a fire on a fourth floor. MDA reported at 12:10 AM local time a total of 75 injured people who were taken to different hospitals in several ambulances and helicopters, 10 of them in serious condition, including a 4-year-old girl, and 13 in moderate condition, and reported that the search for more victims continued. After the missile fell in Arad, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the war against Iran and Lebanon will continue. "This is a very difficult night in the campaign for our future," Netanyahu said in a text shared by his Office, in which he assured he had spoken with the mayor of Arad. Previously, he sent another message of support to the victims of the Dimona impact, with whose mayor he also said he had spoken. "This is a very difficult night in the campaign for our future," said the Israeli Prime Minister, reaffirming that operations against Iran and Lebanon will not stop. These strikes came after Iran accused the US and Israel of attacking the uranium enrichment complex in Natanz. According to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), there is currently no evidence of a radioactive material leak at the plant, although today's attack appears to be a direct response from Tehran.
