The Israeli Defense Minister says that the supreme leader of Iran “should not continue to exist” after the wounding of Iranian missiles 240

Iranian missiles were wounded at least 240 people, and four of them are seriously, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health. The vast majority were slightly injured, including more than 70 people from the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Battira, where smoke rose with the evacuation of emergency teams.

In the aftermath of the strikes, Israeli Minister of Defense has blamed Katz Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khounai He said that the army “has been directed and knows that in order to achieve all its goals, this man should not continue at all existence.”

US officials said this week that President Donald Trump had he had An Israeli plan to kill Khawnai was overturned. “At least not now,” Trump said later.

Israel The strikes were carried out The heavy water reactor in Iran ArakIn its last attack on the country The sprawling nuclear program. The conflict began last Friday with a surprise wave of Israeli air strikes targeting military sites, senior officers and nuclear scientists.

An Iranian -based Iranian human rights group said that at least 639 people, including 263 civilians, were killed in Iran and more than 1,300 wounded. In response to revenge, Iran launched more than 400 missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military official said that Iran used a missile with many warheads in a Thursday attack, which is a new challenge to its defenses.

The official spoke on the condition that his identity is not disclosed in line with the military regulations.

There was no immediate independent analysis that could be performed. However, Iran hinted in the past that it was following such weapons.

Instead of having to track one warhead, multiple warhead missiles can form a more difficult challenge to air defense systems, such as the Iron Dome of Israel.

The missiles hit the main hospital in southern Israel

Two doctors told Associated Press that the missile was struck immediately after the alarm sirens exploded, causing a high explosion that could be heard from a safe room. They spoke on the condition that his identity was not disclosed because they were not authorized to house the media.

The hospital said that the main effect was on an old surgery building that was evacuated in recent days. After the strike, the medical facility was closed to all patients except for life -threatening cases. Soroka has more than 1000 beds and provides services for about one million people from southern Israel.

There were no serious injuries to the hospital strike.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and pledged to respond, saying: “We will determine the full price of tyrants in Tehran.”

Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones in Israel, although most of them have been dropped Air defenses are multi -level for IsraelThat discovers the fire and dropping the missiles heading towards the population centers and critical infrastructure. Israeli officials admit that it is incomplete.

Several hospitals in emergency plans stimulated Israel last week, transferred underground parking into hospital floors and transported underground patients, especially those who are on industrial respirators or are difficult to move quickly.

Israel is also proud An underground blood bank is fortified This work began after Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 The ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

“No risk of radiation” after the strike on the reactor

The Israeli army said that its combat aircraft targeted the Arak facility and its main seal of the reactor in order to prevent its use of the production of plutonium.

The army said: “The strike targeted the component for the production of plutonium, in order to prevent the restoration of the reactor and its use to develop nuclear weapons,” the army said. Israel claimed separately that it struck another site about Natanz, which he described as linked to the Iranian nuclear program.

Iranian state television said that “there is no radiological danger at all” from the attack on Arak. An Iranian government television correspondent, speaking directly in the nearby town of Khundab, said that the facility had been evacuated and there was no harm to the civilian areas around the reactor.

Israel had warned earlier Thursday morning that it would attack the facility and urged the audience to flee the area.

Iran rejects calls to surrender or end its nuclear program

Iran has long maintained its program for peaceful purposes. However, it also enriches uranium up to 60 %, which is a short technical step away from 90 % weapons degree levels. Iran is the only non -nuclear weapons that are raised at this level.

Israel is the only nuclear armed state in the Middle East, but it does not recognize the existence of such weapons.

The strikes came a day after the supreme leader of Iran refused We call for surrender He warned that any military participation by the Americans may cause “irreplaceable damage to them.” Israel had lifted some restrictions on daily life on Wednesday, indicating that the threat of missiles from Iran on its territory was mitigating.

Indeed, the Israel campaign targeted Iran’s enrichment site in Natanz, a central expulsion workshop on Tehran and a nuclear site in Evluits. Its strikes also Kill the highest generals And nuclear scientists.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragici said that he will travel to Geneva to attend meetings with his European counterparts on Friday, indicating that a new diplomatic initiative may be formed. The Iranian official news agency said that the meeting will include foreign ministers from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and senior European Union diplomats.

Trump said he wanted something “much bigger” to stop shooting and She did not rule out joining the United States in the Israel campaign. Iran has warned of severe consequences if the United States deepens its involvement, without a situation.

Arak is redesigned to address nuclear fears

The heavy water reactor in Arak ranges 250 km (155 miles) southwest of Tehran.

Heavy water helps cold nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a secondary product that can be used in nuclear weapons. It would provide Iran another way to the bomb outside the enriched uranium, in case of selecting weapons.

Iran has agreed, according to its 2015 nuclear deal with the global powers to redesign the facility on the proliferation concerns.

The reactor became a point of disagreement after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salhi, a high -level nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought additional parts to replace part of the concrete reactor to make it not suitable for the deal.

Israel indicated, when making its strike, that it remained concerned that the facility could be used to produce plutonium again one day.

The Israeli army said in a statement, “The strike targeted the component for the production of plutonium, in order to prevent the restoration of the reactor and its use to develop nuclear weapons,” the Israeli army said in a statement.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations World Nuclear Agency, urges Israel not to hit Iranian nuclear sites. According to what was reported, the Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency visited the last time on May 14.

Because of the restrictions imposed by Iran on the inspectors, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it had lost “continuity of knowledge” on the production of heavy water in Iran – which means that it was unable to verify Tehran’s production and its warehouses completely.

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Written by Sam Midnik, Natalie Milser, and John Gambril. Melzer from Tel Aviv, Israel and Gambril from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Associated Press Melanie Laidman has contributed in Tel Aviv.