Jerusalem, March 21, 2026 (AFP) - Israel says Iranian missile struck town housing nuclear facility

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2026-03-21

Israel's military said an Iranian missile on Saturday struck the southern town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, after medics reported 39 people injured by shrapnel. The army told AFP there was a "direct missile hit on a building" in the town in the Negev desert. Dimona hosts a facility just outside the main town, widely believed to possess the Middle East's sole, if undeclared, nuclear arsenal. Magen David Adom first responders said their......

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