Trump’s ultimatum Saturday landed hours after two Iranian missiles struck southern Israel, injuring greater than 100 folks in probably the most damaging assault because the battle started. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate “on all fronts”.
The strikes, which slipped by way of Israel’s missile defence programs, tore open the facades of residential buildings and carved craters into the bottom.
First responders mentioned 84 folks have been injured within the city of Arad, 10 of them critically. Hours earlier, 33 have been wounded in close by Dimona, the place AFPTV footage confirmed a big gap gouged into the bottom subsequent to piles of rubble and twisted metallic.
Dimona hosts a facility extensively believed to be the positioning of the Center East’s solely nuclear arsenal, though Israel has by no means admitted to possessing nuclear weapons.
The Israeli military advised AFP there had been a “direct missile hit on a constructing” in Dimona, with casualties reported at a number of websites, together with a 10-year-old boy in critical situation with shrapnel wounds.
In Arad, emergency staff combed by way of the rubble of closely broken buildings.
Netanyahu vowed to proceed placing Iran after what he known as a “very troublesome night” and hours later, the Israeli army mentioned its forces launched a wave of strikes on Tehran.
Iran mentioned the focusing on of Dimona was retaliation for Israeli strikes on its Natanz nuclear facility, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) saying forces additionally focused different southern Israeli cities in addition to army websites in Kuwait and the UAE.
Following the Natanz assault, UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi reiterated his name for “army restraint to keep away from any threat of a nuclear accident”.
The Natanz facility hosts underground centrifuges used to counterpoint uranium for Iran’s disputed nuclear programme and sustained harm within the June 2025 battle.
The Israeli army denied it was behind the Natanz strike, however mentioned it had struck a facility at a Tehran college that it claimed was getting used to develop nuclear weapon elements for Iran’s ballistic missile programme.
