Dimona

Israel’s Bedouin community open homes to victims of Dimona, Arad strike

Israel's Bedouin community rushed to support over 100 people wounded after an Iranian missile destroyed residential buildings in Dimona and Arad.

MARCH 24, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sager Abu Srehan, vice principal at the Amal Reut School, was one of the first to extend his hand to those impacted by the Iranian attacks in Arad and Dimona.

Israeli ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter speaks to the media at the site of the recent shooting outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Iranian IRGC, Basij units skipping duty as cracks in Tehran's regime widen, ambassador says

"The edifice of this tyrannical regime is cracking. It has not opened up to wide chasms yet, but that's the direction it's going,” Leiter said.

MARCH 23, 2026|BySAM HALPERN

View of the Orot Rabin Power Plant at Sadot Yam beach, central Israel, May 20, 2023

IRGC signals escalation, threatens energy sites in Israel, Middle East

Iran's leadership is said to be taking a hardline approach under which there will be no retreat in the war, even at the cost of harm to civilians and civilian infrastructure.

MARCH 23, 2026|ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A view of the Israeli nuclear facility in the Negev desert outside Dimona, now called the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.

Israel's open secret: Why is Dimona at the center of Israel’s nuclear weapon ambiguity? - explainer

In the 1960s, then prime minister Levi Eshkol vowed that “Israel will not be the first state to introduce nuclear weapons into the region.” The sentiment has been repeated by Israeli officials since.

MARCH 22, 2026|BySAM HALPERN

Israeli defenses 'not hermetic' military source says following Iran missile impact in Dimona, Arad

An initial inquiry found that the US THAAD interception system was supposed to intercept the missile over Arad but missed. It is currently being examined whether this was due to human error.

MARCH 22, 2026ByAVI ASHKENAZI

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Arad, March 22, 2026.

‘Everything here is destroyed’: Inside Dimona after the Iran missile strike

In Dimona, residents packed what they could, stared at shattered homes, and tried to understand how a single Iranian missile strike had turned an ordinary street into a scene of ruin.

MARCH 22, 2026ByRAMI SHANI

The scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Dimona, March 22, 2026.

Classified report warned Netanyahu of air defense gaps before Iran war, comptroller says

“The government must prepare a nationwide fortification plan, with an emphasis on the periphery," Englman said.

MARCH 22, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman at the site of an Iranian missile impact in southern Israel. March 22, 2026.

Netanyahu warns Iran can reach 'deep into Europe,' urges world leaders to act at Arad missile site

"We're responding with great force, but not after civilians," Netanyahu said when asked by press what Israel's response would be to the Iranian attacks.

MARCH 22, 2026ByKESHET NEEV

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the scene of an Iranian missile impact in Arad, March 22, 2026.

Cluster bomb fragment hits central Israel, seven IDF soldiers injured in northern Israel, Lebanon

No casualties reported after shrapnel hits central Israel • Iran says it will 'fully close Strait of Hormuz' if power plants are damaged • Comptroller: Netanyahu warned of air defense gaps

MARCH 22, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The damaged Zrarieh Bridge over the Litani river, after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Tayr Falsay in southern Lebanon, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

Home Front Command updates guidelines for southern Israel after strikes wound over 100

Schools will remain closed, in line with Education Minister Yoav Kisch's emergency Saturday ruling to cancel the return to in person learning on Sunday.

MARCH 22, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Home Front Command Commander Major-General Shai Klapper at the scene of the Iranian ballistic missile strike in Arad, March 21, 2026.

IDF strikes regime in Tehran after Zamir approves new wave of strikes in 'all theaters of war'

On Saturday, the Israel Air Force struck a research and development facility used by the Iranian regime to develop nuclear weapons components in Tehran.

MARCH 22, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Israel Air Force fighter jet seen in central Israel amid the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, March 11, 2026.

'The whole house shook’: Residents describe experiences after Iranian missile exploded in Arad

At least 75 people were wounded, including 10 seriously, when an Iranian missile exploded between residential buildings in Arad on Saturday night.

MARCH 22, 2026ByRAMI SHANI

The aftermath of an Iranian missile hit on an Arad apartment building, March 21, 2026.

What would a radioactive leak from Dimona mean for southern Israel? - explainer

Preparations for a scenario involving a strike on the Dimona reactor have long been part of Israel’s emergency planning.

MARCH 21, 2026ByDR. ITAY GAL

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona, Southern Israel. August 13, 2016.

As Iran strikes Dimona, repeated sirens send residents back and forth from home to shelter

At least 25 people had been injured in the city in incidents involving falling interceptor debris and missile fragments. A boy around 10 years old and a woman in her 40s were moderately wounded.

MARCH 21, 2026ByRAMI SHANI