Israel's emergency service says it is providing treatment to a "large number of casualties" after a missile strike in Arad.

The casualties include a five-year-old girl in serious condition, 11 in moderate conditions, and several with light injuries, Magen David Adom says.

"MDA teams are treating additional injured at the scene. Large MDA teams, including MDA helicopters, are on their way to the scene."

The Israeli emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), says its medical teams are treating "approximately 30 wounded" in Arad, southern Israel.

MDA adds that people are being treated for "varying degrees of injury" and further updates will follow.

This comes after an earlier strike in Dimona, where 47 people were injured.

In a statement on social media, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has commented on Iran's launch of a long-range missile capable of reaching a target up to 4,000 km away.

The statement appears to refer to the two missiles launched towards the US-UK joint base Diego Garcia. Neither missile hit their target.

"During Operation Rising Lion in June 2025, the IDF revealed that the Iranian regime has intentions to develop missiles with a range of 4,000 km, which pose a danger to dozens of countries in Europe, Asia and Africa.

"The Iranian regime denied this. We have been saying it: The Iranian terrorist regime poses a global threat. Now, with missiles that can reach London, Paris or Berlin," the military says in a post on X.

BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale earlier noted that there are still doubts about Iran's ability to strike Diego Garcia, and there is still no definitive proof that Iran has missiles capable of reaching so far away.

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it is aware of a missile attack near the Negev nuclear centre in southern Israel.

The organisation says it has "not received any indication of damage to the nuclear research centre", adding that no abnormal radiation levels have been detected.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi says that "maximum military restraint should be observed, in particular in the vicinity of nuclear facilities."

Iranian strike on Dimona likely targeted Israeli nuclear facilitypublished at 19:35 GMT 21 March

19:35 GMT 21 March

Sebastian Usher
Middle East analyst, reporting from Jerusalem

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The Israeli authorities say they are investigating how an Iranian missile got through air defences to make impact in the southern town of Dimona, injuring at least 47 people.

What is clear, however, is why Tehran was aiming at that area.

Some 13km outside Dimona there is a facility that has long been accepted as holding Israel's undeclared arsenal of nuclear weapons. Officially, the site is said to focus solely on research. But for around six decades, it's been an open secret that Israel developed a nuclear bomb there, even if each succeeding government has maintained a position of ambiguity over this.

It has meant that Israel is the only nuclear power in the Middle East. So, any indication that it is being targeted is taken with the utmost seriousness by Israel.

Iran itself has confirmed that it was the target of this attack, saying that the strike on Dimona was in response to what it said was an earlier attack by the US/Israeli air campaign against its nuclear facility in Natanz.

Both Israel and the US have set the elimination of any possible Iranian capacity to develop a nuclear bomb as the key aim of the war.

The foreign ministers of G7 nations say they are "ready to take necessary measures to support global supply of energy".

Iran has retaliated for US-Israeli strikes by targeting Gulf nations, energy infrastructure and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, through which significant portions of the world's oil supplies flow.

The commitment follows a move by the International Energy Agency to release 400m barrels of oil stocks to reduce a supply shortage due to the war.

In the statement, the foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, alongside the High Representative of the European Union say they "call for the immediate and unconditional cessation of all attacks by the Iranian regime."

The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s Aerospace Force says that the country will launch more missiles towards Israel overnight.

"From this moment, I declare the missile dominance of Iran’s sons [forces] over the skies of the occupied territories," Seyed Majid Mousavi says on X.

"The new tactics and launch systems" will leave the US and Israel "astonished", he adds.

In an update, Israel's emergency service Magen David Adom says that 47 people are now being treated for injuries in hospital following an earlier missile strike on Dimona, a city in the country's south.

The injuries were largely caused by shrapnel. A 10-year-old boy is in serious condition and a 30-year-old woman suffered injuries from glass fragments, but the other injuries are mild in nature, MDA says.

Dimona is about 13km (eight miles) from the Negev Nuclear Research Center.

James Waterhouse
International correspondent, in Jerusalem

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Israel is ploughing on with its air strikes on Iranian targets - but Benjamin Netanyahu is choosing his words carefully.

To preserve America’s continued political and military support, the Israeli prime minister can’t afford to go too off script - as demonstrated when he agreed to stop targeting Iranian energy infrastructure at Donald Trump’s pointed request.

Speaking to the press on Friday, Netanyahu said in Hebrew that the war would "last for as long as necessary", before claiming in English that he saw it “ending a lot faster than people think”.

If indeed the White House does “wind down” its operation against Iran, Israel will almost certainly follow suit.

But if, as per reports, Washington is forced to throw more resources at unblocking the Strait of Hormuz, it will extend Israel's window to keep pounding Iranian military targets.

In fact, Defence Minister Israel Katz earlier today confirmed the air strikes “will intensify”.

We're seeing new photos of damage in Tehran, as joint US-Israeli strikes continue on Iran. These images show buildings damaged and rubble lining the streets in the country's capital, Tehran.

Earlier today the IDF said it had carried out wide-scale strikes in Tehran.

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Maia Davies
Live reporter

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In the last few hours, the US said Iran's ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz had been "degraded" by America’s bombing this week of an underground facility where Iran stored cruise missiles and other weapons.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said they hit dozens of targets in Tehran overnight in wide scale air strikes while Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed they had "pounded" air bases in Kuwait and the UAE which it said were used by the US and Israel.

This came after Tehran said its nuclear facility at Natanz had been hit this morning.

Earlier today, it emerged that two missiles were launched at the joint US-UK military base Diego Garcia by Iran - neither hit their target. The BBC understands this was before the UK announced an expansion of American use of British bases last night.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also told Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides that RAF Akrotiri "would not be involved" in US operations against Iran - just days after Christodoulides called British bases on the island “colonial”.

The US will suffer "unprecedented" losses if it follows through on its threats of military aggression against Kharg Island, a military source has told Iranian media.

One option for Iran is to "destabilise" the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, the source tells the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim news agency.

The Bab al-Mandab Strait - also known as the Gate of Tears - is a channel 20 miles (32km) wide that sits between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea on the African coast. The route leads up to the Suez Canal.

The military source also says the US are facing a "huge dilemma" with the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's oil facilities.

They say that oil production could be temporarily disrupted if the Americans attack Kharg Island.

The source adds that Iran would set fire to all the facilities in the region and the US would suffer losses that have not been seen since World War Two.

• For context: Around 90% of Iran's oil exports pass through a terminal on Kharg Island, transported through pipes from the mainland. The US previously said it struck more than 90 military targets on the small island in the Gulf.

Approximately 20 people are injured following a missile impact in Dimona, southern Israel, Israel's emergency service says.

Magen David Adom says on Telegram that its medics are treating a 10-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman "in moderate condition with shrapnel injuries".

It says additional wounded people are also receiving treatment at the scene.

The Cypriot president's call with the UK PM comes two days after he told the BBC a "frank discussion" was needed about the future of the two British military bases on the island.

Nikos Christodoulides called the bases at Akrotiri and Dhekelia a "colonial consequence". The UK was given sovereignty of them when Cyprus was made independent from Britain in 1960.

RAF Akrotiri was targeted by drones this month shortly after the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran - and the UK has faced some criticism for its response to the attack, with protesters complaining the bases have made Cyprus a target.

Responding earlier this week, the UK's Ministry of Defence said the bases "play a crucial role in supporting the safety of British citizens and our allies in the Mediterranean and in the Middle East" and said it had been "deploying additional defensive capabilities to Cyprus since January".

You can read more in our story here.

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides RAF Akrotiri "would not be involved" in US operations against Iran, a spokesperson for No10 has said.

At the start of the war, Starmer agreed to allow US forces to use some British bases - RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia - for defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles that put British interests or lives at risk. He has since agreed to allow the US to use British bases to launch strikes on Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz.

During a call with Christodoulides earlier, the PM "reiterated that RAF Akrotiri would not be involved in the UK’s continuation of its agreement with the US to use UK bases in collective self defence of the region, including for the degrading of Iranian missile capabilities".

"Discussing the economic impact of the ongoing conflict, the leaders agreed that de-escalation in the region was the priority."

"The leaders agreed to stay in close touch."

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claim to have "pounded" air bases in Kuwait and the UAE which it says are used by the US and Israel.

IRGC Navy commander Alireza Tangsiri says on X they hit "the facilities of the two Al-Minhad and Ali Al-Salem air bases, the hangars, and the fuel depots of American-Zionist aircraft with a massive volume of ballistic missiles and suicide drones".

He claims these bases were "the origin of the aggression" against Iran.

The United Arab Emirates' National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority says that the country's air defences are responding to a missile threat.

"Please remain in a safe location and follow official channels for warnings and updates," the authority says.

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UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper tells reporters that Iran's strikes on Gulf nations are "reckless", saying Tehran has been targeting shipping, allies and British interests in the region.

Cooper says the UK wants a "swift resolution" and regional stability. "That's what UK security needs," she adds.

The foreign secretary reiterates that the UK will offer defensive support to the US, saying: "We will not be drawn into a wider conflict".

Earlier, we reported that Iran launched two ballistic missiles towards the Diego Garcia US-UK military base. Neither missile reached the base.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow remains a "loyal friend and reliable partner to Tehran during this difficult time" in a message to Iran's new supreme leader and president.

In a greeting marking the first day of the Iranian new year, Putin tells Mojtaba Khamenei and Masoud Pezeshkian he hopes the Iranian people will "overcome these difficult trials with dignity", according to a Kremlin statement.

The IDF says people can now safely leave protected spaces across the country, after earlier saying it had detected missiles being launched from Iran.

Local media report alarms had sounded in southern Israel, including in the city of Dimona, with no casualties reported.

They say this occurred at the same time as Hezbollah launched "projectiles" at Israel from Lebanon, with sirens sounding in parts of the north including Nahariya.

The group said on Telegram that it had targeted the city "with a rocket salvo" at 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT).