Israeli command base near hospital in Beer Sheva targeted, Guards say

The Israeli military published footage Thursday of its morning strike on Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor.

Iran had informed the IAEA it planned to activate the facility next year.

The army said it targeted the component “intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development.”

Emergency teams in Ramat Gan, central Israel, responded Thursday to damage caused by the new wave of Iranian missile attacks.

Israeli air defense systems activated to intercept incoming projectiles during the assault.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei accused IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on Thursday of enabling a war against Iran through what he called a "biased report."

“This is too late, Mr. Grossi,” Baqaei wrote on X, responding to Grossi’s recent statement that the IAEA had no evidence Iran sought nuclear weapons.

“You obscured this truth in your absolutely biased report,” he said, adding it was used by the E3 and US to pass a resolution later exploited as a pretext for attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“You turned the IAEA into a tool of convenience,” Baqaei said, accusing Grossi of "betraying the non-proliferation regime."

Iran’s Khondab heavy-water reactor in Arak was inactive and contained no nuclear material at the time of the Israeli strike, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday.

The agency confirmed the attack caused no radiological impact.

Israel struck dozens of military sites in Iran overnight, including the Arak nuclear facility, aiming to prevent its use in nuclear weapons development, the Israeli military said Thursday.

The facility, though currently inactive, was designed to produce weapons-grade plutonium, the army said.

“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 added.