Israeli Prime Minister visits site of latest Iranian strike
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
More than 160 people have been injured - some seriously - in Iranian missile strikes on two southern Israeli towns close to a nuclear facility, according to Israeli emergency officials. We hear about the medical situation on the ground and take a look at Israel's nuclear capabilities.
Also on the programme: Italian voters give their verdict on a government plan to have more power over the judiciary; and a US comedy institution makes its UK debut as Saturday Night Live hits British screens.
(Picture: Ultra Orthodox Jewish residents look on at the scene of a direct hit of an Iranian missile in Arad, Israel. Credit: Abir Sultan/EPA/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.0 | Hello and welcome to the programme. This is News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to you live from London. I'm Paul Henley. |
| 0:17.4 | First, Iran remains defiant at the start of the third week of the U.S. Israeli war. |
| 0:22.5 | The government in Tehran has threatened to attack key infrastructure across the Middle East |
| 0:27.3 | if President Trump follows through on his threat to obliterate the Republic's power plants |
| 0:32.4 | unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. |
| 0:35.6 | The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to |
| 0:38.3 | continue to strike Iran after what he called a very difficult evening for Israel. More than 180 people |
| 0:44.1 | were injured and one man was killed in strikes. Air raid sirens in Jerusalem sounded this morning |
| 0:49.8 | hours after direct hits on the towns of Arad and Demona wounded more than 100 people in one of the most destructive attacks on Israel since the start of the war. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. The first missile attack was on the southern town of Dimona, 13 years. Whoa! |
| 1:15.7 | The first missile attack was on the southern town of Dimona, 13 kilometers away, |
| 1:18.2 | from Israel's main nuclear research center. |
| 1:22.5 | That injured at least 60 people, this resident described what he saw. |
| 1:29.5 | I just dropped off my mum here at my grandmothermothers, and I was about to turn round. |
| 1:32.5 | And I saw an explosion, a fireball that fell. |
| 1:37.0 | My brother-in-law and I ran inside and began to evacuate people to an ambulance. |
| 1:39.4 | Then the emergency services arrived. |
| 1:47.9 | The second strike was on the town of Arad, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited there. |
| 1:52.8 | We're responding with great force, but not on civilians. |
| 1:54.2 | We're going after the regime. |
| 1:57.6 | We're going after the IRGC, this criminal gang. |
| 2:01.8 | And we're going after them personally, their leaders, their installations, |
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