Israel attacks Iran's Arak reactor site, injuring dozens:

News Topical, Digital Desk : Iran on Thursday (June 19, 2025) attacked the main hospital in southern Israel with a missile, wounding dozens and causing heavy damage to the hospital. Israeli media also released footage of windows blown out and thick black smoke coming out. In separate attacks by Iran in Israel, several places in central Israel were targeted besides apartments in Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, Israel attacked Iran's Arak heavy water reactor. Iran's state television says there was no threat of any radiation. It was evacuated before the attack. Israel says it attacked the Arak reactor to stop plutonium production.

The hospital suffered heavy damage in the missile attack

At the same time, patients were evacuated from Soroka Medical Center after the missile attack. While emergency teams were evacuating patients, black smoke was seen rising from Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beersheba. Two doctors told the Associated Press that the missile attacked shortly after the air raid siren sounded and there was a loud explosion, which could be heard from the safe room.

‘Israeli military base targeted’

Two doctors told the Associated Press that the missile struck just after the air raid siren sounded and there was a loud explosion that could be heard from the safe room. Iran says that the attack on Israel was aimed at a military base. It did not target hospitals. Iran claimed that the hospital came under its impact due to the blast waves.

Iraq issued a warning

Iraq's top Shiite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani warned on Thursday that an attack on Iran's senior religious or political leadership could spark chaos across the region, apparently referring to threats that Israel or the US could assassinate Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. China's foreign ministry said on Thursday that Beijing is deeply concerned about the conflict between Iran and Israel. China also called on both sides to de-escalate tensions.