The Iran-US/Israeli war is taking a trajectory Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu never imagined. A few days ago, rumor had it that Iran was short of missiles, and Trump seemed to take that for a fact.
Now Iran is showing its vicious side and going all out to rattle Netanyahu. Yesterday, Sunday, Iran launched some long-range missiles and damaged several high-rise buildings in the southern part of Israel. It appears that Iran has a sizeable stockpile of the Sejjil, an advanced missile.
The Israeli Defense Forces could not intercept all the Missiles
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged their failure to intercept several Iranian missiles, which went on to hit the city of Dimona. That city has a population of around 40,000.
Other missiles hit another city, Arad, situated 25km west of the Dead Sea. The population of this city is around 30,000.
The missiles, which flew in successive strikes, targeted the Shimon Perez Negev nuclear site, and for a moment, there was fear of radiation. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was quick to allay the fears.
Still, the missiles caused significant damage in the two nearby cities. Some buildings were irreparably damaged, and more than 180 people were said to have been injured. Reporters from the scene reckon the number of casualties could have been higher were it not that most residents hid in secure shelters.
It is the first time Iran is using the Sejjil in combat, a missile popularly referred to as the “dancing missile” because of how easy it is to maneuver.
No Break for Tel Aviv
Even as Iran targeted Israel’s Dimona reactor, the Negev desert nuclear site, its forces continued to bombard Tel Aviv with missiles. Some of them came in clusters and caused serious damage to buildings in Central Israel. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) building was also damaged.