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Glasgow Times
a day ago
- Politics
- Glasgow Times
Israeli hospital suffers ‘extensive damage' after Iranian missile strike
Separate Iranian strikes hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. At least 40 people were injured, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service. Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on the country's sprawling nuclear programme, on the seventh day of a conflict that began with a surprise wave of Israeli air strikes targeting military sites, senior officers and nuclear scientists. 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. A missile hit the Soroka Medical Centre, which has more than 1,000 beds and provides services to the approximately one million residents of Israel's south. A hospital statement said several parts of the 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. The Israeli air defence system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv (Leo Correa/AP/PA) 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. Iranian state TV, meanwhile, reported the attack on the Arak site, saying there was 'no radiation danger whatsoever'. 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 that it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area. The Israeli military said Thursday's round of air strikes targeted Tehran and other areas of Iran, without elaborating. The strikes came a day after Iran's supreme leader rejected US calls for surrender and warned any military involvement by the Americans would cause 'irreparable damage to them'. 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. Israeli security forces inspect a destroyed building in Holon, near Tel Aviv, that was hit by a missile (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP/PA) In retaliation, Iran has fired some 400 missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds. The Arak heavy water reactor is 155 miles 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 to relieve proliferation concerns. In 2019, Iran started up the heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, which at the time did not violate Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The UK at the time was helping Iran redesign the Arak reactor to limit the amount of plutonium it produces, stepping in for the US, which had withdrawn from the project after President Donald Trump's decision in 2018 to unilaterally withdraw America from the nuclear deal. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 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.
Toronto Star
2 days ago
- Health
- Toronto Star
Iranian strike damages a hospital as latest missile barrage wounds dozens in Israel
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, causing 'extensive damage' but no serious injuries, according to the medical facility. Other missiles hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings near Tel Aviv. At least 40 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service. Black smoke rose from the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba as emergency teams evacuated patients.
NBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- NBC News
Israel-Iran live updates: Trump says 'we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran'
Back-and-forth attacks between Israel and Iran continued into a fifth day, with Iranian state media reporting explosions and heavy air defense fire in Tehran and Israeli authorities saying missiles had been launched from Iran. Three people were killed and four injured at a checkpoint in the Iranian city of Kashan, state media reported. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv after midnight; the Israeli military said it had intercepted about 30 drones, as well as most of the approximately 30 missiles launched by Iran. According to Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service, about 10 people were injured on their way to shelters. The military advised the public in the morning local time that they could leave shelters across the country.
Roya News
4 days ago
- Health
- Roya News
Blood shortage as 'Israel's' medics mobilize for Rising Lion
As 'Israel' launched Operation 'Rising Lion' early Friday (June 13), Magen David Adom (MDA) declared its highest level of emergency, mobilizing its entire force of 35,000 employees and volunteers across the country to respond to mass casualty incidents under a special state of emergency. MDA activated its full emergency fleet — ambulances, mobile intensive care units (MICUs), emergency medicycles, and rapid response vehicles — deploying teams to multiple impacted areas within minutes. According to the organization, 708 casualties were treated, including 21 people killed, 13 seriously wounded, 37 with moderate injuries, and 581 suffering minor wounds. An additional 56 people were treated for anxiety-related symptoms.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Israeli rescuers say latest Iran strikes kill five, wound 92
AI- Generated Image Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said five people were killed and 92 wounded Monday in Iran's latest missile strikes on the country, raising a previous toll of four deaths. The casualties were from strikes on four sites in central Israel, the MDA said in a statement, adding those killed included "two women and two men around the age of 70, as well as one additional fatality". "So far, MDA teams have evacuated 92 injured individuals to hospitals, including a 30-year-old woman in serious condition with facial injuries, six in moderate condition, and 85 in mild condition," it added. The MDA said search and rescue operations were ongoing at two of the four sites. Iran unleashed a barrage of missile strikes on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz had warned on Monday that Tehran's residents would "pay the price" for Iranian strikes on Israeli civilians.
