Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following this morning’s ballistic missile attack by Iran, which struck a hospital in Beersheba as well as several other population centers in Central Israel:

“This morning, Iran's terrorist tyrants launched missiles at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and at a civilian population in the center of the country.

We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran.”

Following today’s ballistic missile attack by Iran against Soroka Medical Center in the city of Beersheba, as well as other population centers in Israel. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz states that he and Prime Minister Netanyahu have instructed the Israeli Defense Force to “increase the intensity of attacks against strategic targets in Iran and against government targets in Tehran in order to remove threats to the State of Israel and undermine the ayatollahs' regime.”

Early this morning, the Israeli Air Force struck the Arak Nuclear Complex (IR-40) to the southwest of Tehran, which contained an inactive heavy water reactor claimed to be a key component in the production of weapons-grade plutonium by Iran. Construction on the reactor began in 1997 but was not completed due to the intervention of the international community, with today’s strike primarily targeting the reactor’s core seal, which could in the future be reactivated and used to produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon, a direct threat to the State of Israel.

Within the last hour, an apparent malfunction with the IDF Homefront Command App caused alerts to be actived and sent out to people in several areas of Israel, despite there not being any kind of attack. The Homefront Command has confirmed they are investigating the incident, stating it may have been a malfunction or it may have been a delayed alert from this morning’s missile attack by Iran.

In addition to this morning’s strikes against the Arak Nuclear Complex (IR-40) in Western Iran, the Israeli Air Force also struck dozens of other targets across Iran. Overnight, 40 fighter jets with the Israeli Air Force, at the precise intelligence direction of the Intelligence Directorate, struck dozens of military targets in Tehran and additional areas throughout Iran, using over 100 munitions, including a nuclear weapons development site in the area of Natanz as well as factories producing raw materials, components used in the assembly of ballistic missiles, and sites for the production of air-defense systems and missiles by the Iranian Armed Forces. Furthermore, strikes were also carried out against air-defense batteries, surface-to-surface missile storage sites, detection radar systems, and detection equipment, all used and operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as well as the Iranian Armed Forces.

Smokes continues to rise from Soroka Medical Center in the city of Beersheba, after it suffered a direct impact this morning from a ballistic missile fired by Iran against Israel.

Japanese Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani has announced that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force will be deploying two C-2 military transport aircrafts to Djibouti in Eastern Africa, to organize and stage for the evacuation of roughly 1,000 Japanese nationals that are currently trapped in Israel, as well as around 280 that are trapped in Iran.

Footage released earlier by the Israel Defense Force showing a number of strikes Thursday morning against the inactive heavy water reactor at the Arak Nuclear Complex (IR-40) to the southwest of Tehran, by fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force. Despite the facility being mainly non-operational at the time of the strikes, Israel assessed that it remained a key component in the Iranian nuclear weapons program, able to be quickly reactivated for the production of weapons-grade plutonium by Iran.

Satellite images show extensive damage to the building housing the inactive heavy water reactor at the Arak Nuclear Complex (IR-40) in Western Iran, following several direct strikes this morning by the Israeli Air Force.

Credit for the satellite imagery goes to @Shayan86 on X.

Israeli officials tell The Times of Israel, that they expect a decision on joining the war against Iran will be made by the United States in the next 24–48 hours, with another official stating, “The expectation is that they join, but no one is pushing them. They have to make their own decision.”

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement on Thursday, announcing that the “confrontation with the enemy [Israel] will continue, until the compensation is paid,” adding without mentioning any specific country that, “In the event of a third party’s intervention in this aggression, they will be confronted immediately according to a specific plan.”

The White House states that President Trump will make a decision on whether to join the war against Iran in the next two weeks.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt states that the President still sees a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place in the near future between the United States and Iran.

American Airlines has suspended any further flights to Doha, Qatar, and United Airlines has suspended its daily flight to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, as the war between Israel and Iran continues to escalate in the Middle East.

The Israel Defense Force has released additional footage of this morning’s wave of strikes against the inactive heavy water reactor at the Arak Nuclear Complex (IR-40) in Western Iran, showing the use of some kind of precision-munition, possibly a “Delilah” air-launched cruise missile to strike the inactive reactor building, resulting in significant damage to the IR-40 Complex.