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Israel attacks Iranian nuclear sites, missile damages Israeli hospital
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it was targeting Israeli military and intelligence headquarters near Soroka medical centre in the city of Beersheba. Several Iranian missiles struck populated areas in Israel, including a hospital in the southern part of the country. Israel’s military said it also struck a site in the area of Natanz, which it said contains components and specialised equipment used to advance nuclear weapons development. Iran has always maintained that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes and that there were no casualties because the areas had been evacuated. The worst-ever conflict between the two regional powers has raised fears it will draw in world powers and further destabilise the Middle East.
Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site on Thursday and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital as the air war between the two countries entered the seventh day.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said it was targeting Israeli military and intelligence headquarters near Soroka medical centre in the city of Beersheba in the south of the country.
Several Iranian missiles struck populated areas in Israel, including a hospital in the southern part of the country, according to an Israeli military official.
Buildings were extensively damaged in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, a key commercial hub home to high-rise towers, and emergency workers helping residents, including children.
The blast caused significant damage to nearby residential buildings and shattered windows across the area.
Emergency services said five people had been seriously injured in the attacks and dozens of others hurt in three separate locations. People were still trapped in a building in a south Tel Aviv neighbourhood, they added.
Around a dozen mostly European and African embassies and diplomatic missions are located just a few hundred metres from the strike on Tel Aviv.
Trails of missiles and interception efforts were visible in the skies over Tel Aviv, with explosions heard as incoming projectiles were intercepted. Israeli media also reported direct hits in central Israel.
The Israeli military said it targeted the Khondab nuclear reactor in Iran’s central city Arak overnight, including a partially-built heavy-water research reactor. Israel’s military said it also struck a site in the area of Natanz, which it said contains components and specialised equipment used to advance nuclear weapons development.
Iranian media reported two projectiles hitting an area near the facility. There were no reports of radiation threats.
Iran has always maintained that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes. Its Atomic Energy Organisation said Israel had attacked its nuclear sites “in renewed violation of international law” and that there were no casualties because the areas had been evacuated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran’s “tyrants” would pay the “full price”, while his defence Minister Israel Katz said the military had been instructed to intensify strikes on strategic-related targets in Tehran in order to destabilise the “Ayatollah regime”.
Netanyahu has said that Israel’s military attacks could topple the regime in Iran, and Israel would do whatever is necessary to remove the “existential threat” posed by Tehran.
A week of Israeli air and missile strikes against its major rival has wiped out the top echelon of Iran’s military command, damaged its nuclear capabilities and killed hundreds of people, while Iranian retaliatory strikes have killed at least two dozen civilians in Israel.
The worst-ever conflict between the two regional powers has raised fears that it will draw in world powers and further destabilise the Middle East.
Israel-Iran live: Israel vows to intensify Iran attacks after ‘direct hit’ on hospital
Cordelia Lynch is at the Soroka Hospital in southern Israel after it was hit by Iranian missiles this morning. She says she saw smoke rising as she arrived and heard eyewitness accounts of people hearing a loud boom as the medical centre was struck.
Our correspondent Cordelia Lynch is at the Soroka Hospital in southern Israel after it was hit by Iranian missiles this morning.
She says she saw smoke rising as she arrived.
“We heard eyewitness accounts of people hearing a loud boom as this medical centre was struck,” she says.
“We’ve been seeing patients being wheeled out here, we’ve seen others with minor injuries, but it’s unclear when exactly they incurred those.”
The hospital had been closed to any new patients, with only life-threatening cases being admitted in recent days.
The new ‘rhythm’ to Israeli life
Lynch also reflects on her time in Israel during the fighting with Iran.
“One of the things you’re struck by is the rhythm of life that people have become accustomed to,” she says.
“When those sirens blare out, they head down to their shelters.
“They have come to expect this kind of choreography and I think, yes, there is a degree of fear, of concern, but you also hear a sort of confidence in people as well.”
Israel Iran War LIVE Updates: Israel vows to intensify attacks after missile hits hospital
Israel Iran War LIVE Updates: Israel vows to intensify attacks after missile hits hospital. Several reports suggest that United States President Donald Trump is planning to join Israel in attacks. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected US calls for “unconditional surrender” warning of “irreparable damages” if it joins attacks against Iran. India, Australia and New Zealand have evacuated their citizens and diplomats from Israel and Iran.
By CNBCTV18.COM | Jun 19, 2025 2:12 PM IST (Updated)
Israel Iran War Live Updates: Iran and Israel both launched airstrikes on each other on Thursday (June 19) as the conflict enters into its seventh day. Several reports suggest that United States President Donald Trump is planning to join Israel in attacks. Read on:
Israel Iran War Live Updates: Both nations launched airstrikes on each other on Thursday (June 19) as the conflict enters into its seventh day. Israel’s main southern hospital sustained a direct hit Thursday, June 19, from an Iranian missile that was intended for Israeli army and intelligence headquarters, according to Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu Agency.
Several reports suggest that United States President Donald Trump is planning to join Israel in attacks. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will continue to attack on Iran’s nuclear programme sites, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected US calls for “unconditional surrender” warning of “irreparable damages” if it joins attacks against Iran.
Several countries such as India, Australia and New Zealand have evacuated their citizens and diplomats from Israel and Iran as the conflict in the West Asian region intensifies.
As the war continues to ravage the Middle East. As per a CNN report, Israel’s emergency services have said that at least 65 people have been wounded in the latest strikes by Iran as of noon. Three people are said to be in serious condition, two in moderate condition, and 42 others have sustained minor injuries.
Tune in here for latest minute by minute updates on the Iran Israel war here:
Iranian missile hits main hospital in southern Israel as strikes wound dozens
Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Other missiles hit a high-rise building and several other sites near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran’s nuclear program. Israel had warned earlier on Thursday morning it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area. Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel’s multi-tiered air defences. Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East but does not acknowledge having such weapons. Iran rejects calls to surrender or end its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60 per cent, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 per cent.
Other missiles hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.
Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, in its latest attack on the country’s sprawling nuclear program, on the seventh day of a conflict that began with a surprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting military sites, senior officers and nuclear scientists.
Smokes raises from a building of the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran. (AP)
Missile hits main hospital in southern Israel
Black smoke rose from the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba as emergency teams evacuated patients.
Two doctors told The Associated Press that the missile struck almost immediately after air raid sirens went off, causing a loud explosion that could be heard from a safe room. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
The hospital said the main impact was on an old surgery building that had been evacuated in recent days. After the strike, the medical facility was closed to all patients except for life-threatening cases, it said. Soroka has more than 1000 beds and provides services to about 1 million residents of Israel’s south.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the strike on the hospital and vowed a response, saying: “We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran.”
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel’s multi-tiered air defences, which detect incoming fire and shoot down missiles heading toward population centers and critical infrastructure. Israeli officials acknowledge it is imperfect.
Haim Bublil, a local police commander, told reporters that several people were lightly wounded in the strike. He said there was a fire in a six-storey building that was hard to access, and that rescuers were still searching various buildings and moving patients to safer areas of the hospital.
A baby is evacuated from the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in Ramat Gan, Israel. (AP)
Many hospitals in Israel activated emergency plans in the past week, converting underground parking to hospital floors and move patients underground, especially those who are on ventilators or are difficult to move quickly.
‘No radiation danger’ after strike on reactor
Israel’s military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak facility and its reactor core seal to halt it from being used to produce plutonium.
“The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,” the military said. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran’s nuclear program.
Iranian state TV said there was “no radiation danger whatsoever” from the attack on the Arak site. An Iranian state television reporter, speaking live in the nearby town of Khondab, said the facility had been evacuated and there was no damage to civilian areas around the reactor.
Israel had warned earlier on Thursday morning it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area.
Iran rejects calls to surrender or end its nuclear program
Iran has long maintained its program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60 per cent, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 per cent. Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich at that level.
Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East but does not acknowledge having such weapons.
Israeli air defence system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv. (AP)
The strikes came a day after Iran’s supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them”. Israel had lifted some restrictions on daily life on Wednesday, suggesting the missile threat from Iran on its territory was easing.
Already, Israel’s campaign has targeted Iran’s enrichment site at Natanz, centrifuge workshops around Tehran and a nuclear site in Isfahan. Its strikes have also killed top generals and nuclear scientists.
A Washington-based Iranian human rights group said at least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 1300 wounded. In retaliation, Iran has fired some 400 missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.
Arak had been redesigned to address nuclear concerns
The Arak heavy water reactor is 250 kilometres south-west of Tehran.
Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon.
Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility over proliferation concerns.
The reactor became a point of contention after US President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, a high-ranking nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought extra parts to replace a portion of the reactor that it had poured concrete into to render it unusable under the deal.
Personal objects at the site of a direct hit from an Iranian missile strike in an apartment in Ramat Gan, Israel. (AP)
Israel, in conducting its strike, signaled it remained concerned the facility could be used to produce plutonium again one day.
“The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, has been urging Israel not to strike Iranian nuclear sites. IAEA inspectors reportedly last visited Arak on May 14.
Iranian missile strikes Israeli hospital wounding dozens
Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. Israel carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, in its latest attack on the country’s sprawling nuclear program. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel’s multi-tiered air defences. Iran’s supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them’ Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, but does not acknowledge having such weapons. Israel had lifted some restrictions on daily life Wednesday, suggesting the missile threat from Iran on its territory was easing.
Tel Aviv
An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing “extensive damage”, according to the medical facility. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke.
Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.
Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, in its latest attack on the country’s sprawling nuclear program, on the seventh day of a conflict that began with a surprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting military sites, senior officers, and nuclear scientists.
Missile hits main hospital in southern Israel
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel’s multi-tiered air defences, which detect incoming fire and shoot down missiles heading toward population centres and critical infrastructure. Israeli officials acknowledge it is imperfect.
The missile hit the Soroka Medical Centre, which has over 1,000 beds and provides services to the approximately 1 million residents of Israel’s south.
This is the video of the hospital soon after the attack as posted on X:
The Iranian regime targeted Soroka Hospital in Beersheba with a ballistic missile—hitting a major medical center.
We will not stand by. We will continue doing what must be done to defend our people. pic.twitter.com/4ldeTQhATW — Israel ישראל (@Israel) June 19, 2025
A hospital statement said several parts of the medical centre were damaged and that the emergency room was treating several minor injuries. The hospital was closed to all new patients except for life-threatening cases. It was not immediately clear how many were wounded in the strike.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and vowed a response, saying: “We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran.”
Many hospitals in Israel activated emergency plans in the past week, converting underground parking to hospital floors and moving patients underground, especially those who are on ventilators or are difficult to move quickly.
No radiation danger after strike on reactor
Israel’s military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak facility and its reactor core seal to halt it from being used to produce plutonium.
“The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,” the military said. Israel separately claimed to have struck another site around Natanz it described as being related to Iran’s nuclear programme.
Iranian state TV said there was “no radiation danger whatsoever” from the attack on the Arak site. An Iranian state television reporter, speaking live in the nearby town of Khondab, said the facility had been evacuated and there was no damage to civilian areas around the reactor.
Israel had warned earlier Thursday morning it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area.
Iran has long maintained that its program is for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60 per cent, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent. Iran is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich at that level.
Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, but does not acknowledge having such weapons.
The strikes came a day after Iran’s supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them”.
Israel had lifted some restrictions on daily life Wednesday, suggesting the missile threat from Iran on its territory was easing.
Already, Israel’s campaign has targeted Iran’s enrichment site at Natanz, centrifuge workshops around Tehran and a nuclear site in Isfahan. Its strikes have also killed top generals and nuclear scientists.
A Washington-based Iranian human rights group said at least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 1,300 wounded. In retaliation, Iran has fired some 400 missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.
Arak had been redesigned to address nuclear concerns
The Arak heavy water reactor is 250 kilometres southwest of Tehran.
Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon.
Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility to relieve proliferation concerns.
The reactor became a point of contention after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, a high-ranking nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought extra parts to replace a portion of the reactor that it had poured concrete into to render it unusable under the deal.
Israel, in conducting its strike, signalled it remained concerned the facility could be used to produce plutonium again one day.
“The strike targeted the component intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development,” the Israeli military said in a statement.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, has been urging Israel not to strike Iranian nuclear sites. IAEA inspectors reportedly last visited Arak on May 14.
Due to restrictions Iran imposed on inspectors, the IAEA has said it lost “continuity of knowledge” about Iran’s heavy water production — meaning it could not absolutely verify Tehran’s production and stockpile.
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As part of negotiations around the 2015 deal, Iran agreed to sell off its heavy water to the West to remain in compliance with the accord’s terms. Even the US purchased some 32 tons of heavy water for over USD 8 million in one deal. That was one issue that drew criticism from opponents to the deal.