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Iranian state television says a missile strike on Dimona, home to a nuclear facility in southern Israel, was a "response" to an earlier attack on its Natanz nuclear site.

Iran’s atomic energy organisation said the "Natanz enrichment complex was targeted this morning", adding there was "no leakage of radioactive materials reported", according to local media.

The Israeli army confirmed "a direct impact of an Iranian missile" on a building in the city that houses a nuclear research facility, AFP reported.

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[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 day ago

Dozens WOUNDED? This means that Israel gets to MURDER a Couple Hundred MORE Children!

-The Media tomorrow!

[–] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I fucking hate this man, this may cause chernobyl all over and cause even more irreversible damage to the world. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind if Israel gets wiped off the map at this point; they've committed too many inhuman atrocities and they should not get away with it, including their own attacks to Iran's nuclear site in Natanz. But a nuclear disaster is not a good outcome for anyone in the first place, especially for a neighboring country.

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s existential for Iran’s leaders. When Netanyahu chooses to escalate and Iran follows suit then who’s to blame? Who would have predicted that Iran would have the gumption to attack the same type of target as Israel?

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 8 points 23 hours ago

As far as I know Iran hasn't targeted a school filled with 150+ children. Their "eye for an eye" policy apparently has at least a couple dudes going "yeah, nah, I don't want to kill children". Which is basically the inverse of what we've seen from Israel.

Not to say they haven't killed civilians. It just has not been the purpose of their targeting. Which, sadly, after over two years watching my country support a genocide, makes Iran look like a fucking saint by comparison.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

False headline, Iran attacked near the plant, maybe to show they could?
As a warning to not attack Iranian nuclear powerplants, as USA is threatening, and which would be a another blatant war crime by USA and Israel.