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By Betul Yilmaz
ISTANBUL (AA) - At least 65 people were injured by the latest Iranian missile barrage on Thursday morning, including three in serious condition, Israel’s National Emergency Service (MDA) said.
The service said that 18 people were hurt while running to shelters.
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, some 20-30 Iranian missiles targeted Israel’s central cities, including Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Holon, as well as Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA claimed the missiles targeted the headquarters of the Israeli army and intelligence service near Soroka Hospital and that the blast wave caused injuries at the facility.
"We will continue to attack any target belonging to the aggressive Zionist regime, and we see no limitations before us,” Iran’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said in statements carried by the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim.
The Israeli army, for its part, said that it had targeted the Arak nuclear reactor southwest of Tehran and a nuclear weapons development site in Natanz, southeast of the capital.
Hostilities began on Friday when Israel launched airstrikes on several sites across Iran, including military and nuclear facilities, prompting Tehran to launch retaliatory strikes.
Israeli authorities said at least 24 people have been killed and hundreds injured since then in Iranian missile attacks.
Meanwhile, in Iran, 585 people have been killed and more than 1,300 wounded in the Israeli assault, according to Iranian media reports.