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.

An official infographic released by the Israel Defense Force showing hundreds of targets across Iran, including military commanders, surface-to-surface missiles, air defense systems, nuclear facilities, and nuclear scientists, that have struck over the past week by the Israeli Air Force.

A White House official has told Fox News that the U.S. Air Force has no doubt about the efficacy of “bunker busters” in eliminating the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant to the south of Tehran, while also denying that any options (including tactical nukes) have been taken “off the table” for use against nuclear sites in Iran.

I have deleted the post I made earlier referencing reports of a possible assassination strike in Central Tehran tonight, as the video in the post appears to be old, from the initial strikes against Tehran last Friday. Also, despite what many other accounts are reporting, this video does not show the results of a strike near where Iranian Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei is rumored to be hiding in Northeastern Tehran.

The White House stated definitively during a press briefing on Thursday that Iran now has all it needs to produce a nuclear weapon in “a couple of weeks” once given the go-ahead from Iranian Supreme-Leader Ali Khamenei, which they state would, of course, “pose an existential threat not just to Israel but to the United States and to the entire world.”

The charred-remains of a transporter erector launcher (TEL) for a ballistic missile, possibly an “Emad” medium-range ballistic missile, seen at a missile launch site to the west of the Iranian capital of Tehran, which was targeted within the last week by the Israeli Air Force.

The Israel Defense Force has just released a statement in Arabic and Farsi, ordering the immediate evacuation of all employees and residents living around the Sefidrood Industrial Park in the village of Kolesh Taleshan, near the Northwestern Iranian city of Rasht. With the order suggesting that the industrial park is preparing to be targeted by the Israeli Air Force.

English-translated statement earlier by the Spokesman for the Israel Defense Force, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, who spoke about recent strikes against Iran, as well as this morning’s Iranian ballistic missile attack against population centers in Israel: