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Jerusalem.- Around 120 people were injured of varying severity, eleven of them seriously, in two impacts of Iranian missiles recorded this Saturday night in the desert area of southern Israel that houses the largest installation nuclear of the country, without the interceptors managing to destroy the projectiles before they fell.
The impacts occur after Iran denounced this Saturday a US-Israeli attack against the Natanz uranium enrichment complex without, for the moment, according to the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), there being evidence of a radioactive material leak.
The first impact was recorded after, at 7:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. GMT), alarms sounded in the area east of the city of Bersheeba in anticipation of the arrival of missiles from Iran.
One of them fell in the town of Dimona, where the so-called Negev Nuclear Research Center is located, and caused 47 injuries, including a seriously injured 10-year-old child and a woman in moderate condition.
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At 00:10 local time, the MDA reported a total of 75 injured people who were taken to different hospitals in several ambulances and helicopters, of whom 10 were in serious condition, including a 4-year-old girl, and 13 were moderately injured, and reported that the search for more victims was continuing.
Following the missile's fall 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 the text shared by his Office, in which he said he had spoken with the mayor of Arad.
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The rest of the injured, according to the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA), were shrapnel injuries, as well as injuries while heading to protected areas or panic attacks. The Israel Fire and Rescue Services 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 on the ground, without interception systems being able to reach it before impact.Emergency teams respond to multiple incidents
The air raid sirens sounded again in the area at 10:00 p.m. local time and again a quarter of an hour later, after which the second direct impact was recorded, in this case in Arad, a town about 30 kilometers from Dimona. From an initial 30 injured by that impact, the Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) increased the number of injured to 64, including 7 seriously injured - including a 4-year-old girl - as well as 15 moderately injured and 42 slightly injured. "MDA teams continue the search for more victims," it added in a statement. “The scene was terrible. We saw widespread destruction in several buildings, with a dense column of black smoke rising from multiple points, and chaos reigned,” described one of their paramedics, who added that there is another girl in moderate condition and two children with minor injuries. "United Hatzalah medical teams are responding to multiple incidents in the Arad region, where they are treating more than 30 injured people in various locations. Some of the injured are unconscious," detailed this other group of paramedic volunteers. Fire crews 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. Israeli Army sources informed EFE that both the Dimona and Arad impacts were direct, without the interceptors that were activated managing to destroy the missiles before they reached the ground. 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.You can also read:Robert Mueller, former FBI director who investigated Trump for the alleged Russian plot, dies
At 00:10 local time, the MDA reported a total of 75 injured people who were taken to different hospitals in several ambulances and helicopters, of whom 10 were in serious condition, including a 4-year-old girl, and 13 were moderately injured, and reported that the search for more victims was continuing.
Following the missile's fall 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 the text shared by his Office, in which he said he had spoken with the mayor of Arad.
Previously sent another message of support to the victims of the impact of Dimona, with whose mayor also said to have spoken.
