In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region. ” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.

At least 25 people had been injured in the city in incidents involving falling interceptor debris and missile fragments. A boy around 10 years old and a woman in her 40s were moderately wounded.

After three weeks of relative insulation from the raging U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the explosive impact from an Iranian ballistic missile delivered a grim wake-up call in Arad, a desert town in southern Israel.

Iran struck two communities near Israel's main nuclear research center late Saturday, leaving more than 100 people wounded in the southern part of the country.

Tensions in the Middle East have reached a dangerous new level as Iran launches cluster warhead missile strikes on Israel, marking a second major escalation following the Dimona shock. Reports indicate that Iranian missiles equipped with cluster munitions—designed to split mid-air and scatter multiple explosive bomblets—have pierced Israel’s Iron Dome defense system,

The Iranian missile strikes on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad on Saturday, March 21, 2026, have marked a watershed moment in the month-long conflict between Israel and Iran. For decades, the area surrounding the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center was considered one of the most impenetrable airspaces on the planet.

Dimona, a small desert city in southern Israel, which is home to one of the country’s nuclear facilities, has come under renewed global focus following recent Iranian strikes that left over 100 people injured.

Iran’s latest strike on Dimona has blown open one of Israel’s most sensitive secrets – how close can an enemy get to its nuclear heart before the “red lines” truly snap. Hours after Iranian hypersonic and ballistic missiles hit the town of Dimona,