This picture taken on April 22, 2021 shows a view of a road sign directing towards the city of Dimona, close to the nuclear power plant in the southern Israeli Negev desert. (Credit: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Israel's military said an Iranian missile on Saturday struck Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, after medics reported 39 people injured by shrapnel.
The army told AFP there was a "direct missile hit on a building" in the settlement in the Negev desert, , 85 kilometers south of Jerusalem.
Dimona hosts a facility just outside the main town, widely believed to possess the Middle East's sole, if undeclared, nuclear arsenal.
Magen David Adom first responders said their teams treated 39 people at a number of impact sites.
The organization, Israel's equivalent of the Red Cross, released a video of a residential building ablaze in the town.
Israel has maintained a policy of ambiguity about its nuclear program, and the Dimona plant officially focuses on research.
Images shared by Israeli media showed an object hurtling out of the sky at high speed before crashing into the town.
Earlier in the day, on Saturday, Iran accused the United States and Israel of striking the Natanz nuclear site while the country was celebrating Eid al-Fitr.
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