An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing "extensive damage," according to a spokesperson. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke, the AP reports. Separate Iranian strikes hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. A hospital in Tel Aviv said it had received 16 wounded people, three with serious injuries. Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran's Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on Iran's sprawling nuclear program, on the seventh day of a conflict that began with a surprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting military sites, senior officers and nuclear scientists.
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, though most have been shot down by Israel's multi-tiered air defenses, which detect incoming fire and shoot down missiles heading toward population centers and critical infrastructure. Israeli officials acknowledge it is imperfect. The missile hit the Soroka Medical Center, which has over 1,000 beds and provides services to the approximately 1 million residents of Israel's south.
Iranian state TV, meanwhile, reported the attack on the Arak site, saying there was "no radiation danger whatsoever." An Iranian state television reporter, speaking live in the nearby town of Khondab, said the facility had been evacuated and there was no damage to civilian areas around the reactor. Israel had warned earlier Thursday morning it would attack the facility and urged the public to flee the area. (Iran has defied US President Trump's calls for surrender, though Trump recently said he gave the "ultimate ultimatum.")