JERUSALEM: Israeli medics said shrapnel wounded 20 people in the town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, after warnings of incoming missile fire from Iran.
Magen David Adom first responders said their teams were treating approximately 20 victims at a number of impact sites, including a 10-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman in moderate condition.
Israeli police released pictures of officers in a building with a large hole blown in the wall.
Dimona in southern Israel hosts a facility widely believed to possess the Middle East’s sole, if undeclared, nuclear arsenal.
Israel has maintained a policy of ambiguity about its nuclear program, and the Dimona plant officially focuses on research.
