Middle East Crisis Iran War

Attack on Israeli city with nuclear facility – around 30 injured 

Around 30 people have been injured in an Iranian rocket attack on the southern Israeli city of Dimona, AFP reports. According to the IDF, a building was hit by a rocket.

– There was extensive damage and chaos at the scene, says an ambulance paramedic.

A twelve-year-old boy suffered severe shrapnel injuries, according to the Times of Israel, and a woman in her 30s suffered moderate injuries. The others were slightly injured.

Just outside Dimona is a nuclear facility. Iranian state media reported that the rocket was revenge for an Israeli-American attack on an Iranian nuclear facility in Natanz.

Storming Special Forces or Soldiers at the Strait – Trump Considering Alternatives

Donald Trump is considering several different options related to ground troops in Iran, five sources told NBC.

One of the options involves opening the passage through the Strait of Hormuz by deploying American soldiers to Iranian ports and islands in the Persian Gulf. Another is to go into Iran with special forces to extract the country's uranium or seize oil facilities.

Regardless of what the president ultimately ends up doing, any operation involving ground troops is "risky and dangerous," says expert Joe Costa at the Atlantic Council.

According to the informants, however, a more extensive military operation like in Iraq and Afghanistan is not being discussed.

CNN and CBS also published similar information today.

"It is the Pentagon's job to make preparations to give the commander in chief maximum freedom of action," writes White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement.

However, no decision has been made, she continues.

Iran: US and Israel have attacked nuclear facility

Iran claims that the US and Israel have attacked the nuclear facility in Natanz in the central parts of the country on Saturday. The message is being spread in state-owned media in Iran.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has been informed of the incident.

“No increase in radiation levels outside the facility has been reported. The IAEA is investigating the report,” writes the organization, which once again calls for military restraint at nuclear facilities.

Neither Israel nor the US have commented on the allegations.