{"id":92056,"date":"2026-03-22T07:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T12:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=92056"},"modified":"2026-07-15T09:17:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:17:27","slug":"a-very-difficult-evening-netanyahu-says-after-iranian-missiles-wound-115","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/a-very-difficult-evening-netanyahu-says-after-iranian-missiles-wound-115\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A very difficult evening,\u2019 Netanyahu says after Iranian missiles wound 115"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night wished a speedy recovery to those wounded in Iranian ballistic missile strikes on the southern cities of Dimona and Arad, calling it \u201ca very difficult evening in the campaign for our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92057\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92057\" class=\"wp-image-92057 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles.webp 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/169;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92057\" class=\"wp-image-92057 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Netanyahu_after-missiles.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-92057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu receives an update on an Iranian missile attack on Arad, March 21, 2026. Photo by Avi Ohayon\/GPO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After speaking with the mayors of Dimona, Arad and Rishon Letzion\u2014where an Iranian cluster munition damaged eight sites, including a closed kindergarten, without causing injuries\u2014the premier reiterated the importance of entering bomb shelters in accordance with instructions of the Israel Defense Forces\u2019 Home Front Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are determined to continue striking our enemies on all fronts,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>The Magen David Adom medical emergency response group said it had evacuated a total of 31 people to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva after a missile scored a direct hit in Dimona around 7 p.m. on Saturday. One person sustained serious wounds, one was moderately injured and 29 others were listed as being in mild condition.<\/p>\n<p>Around three hours later, 84 people were wounded by a direct impact in Arad, some 15 miles west of Dimona, MDA said. Among those evacuated to Soroka Medical Center were 11 in serious condition, 20 in moderate condition and 84 in mild condition, according to the NGO.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Health Ministry said on Sunday morning that 4,564 people had been evacuated to hospitals since the start of \u201cOperation Roaring Lion\u201d on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>As of 7 a.m., 124 remained hospitalized\u2014one in critical condition, 13 in serious, 26 in moderate and 84 in light condition, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"%E2%80%98A%20very%20difficult%20evening%2C%E2%80%99%20Netanyahu%20says%20after%20Iranian%20missiles%20wound%20115\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":92057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,27],"tags":[184,8781,8790,8795,3186,8788,2576],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92056"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92058,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92056\/revisions\/92058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}