LIVE: Iran, Hezbollah ramp up attacks on Israel amid widening regional conflict

More than 1,500 people have been killed in Iran during the war, the state broadcaster said late Saturday, citing the health ministry. Residents said Iran’s capital saw heavy airstrikes as they marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

US President Donald Trump has warned the US will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if it doesn't fully open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

Trump, who is facing increasing pressure at home to secure the strait as oil prices soar, issued the ultimatum in a social media post while he spent the weekend at his Florida home.

Trump said he’s giving Iran 48 hours to open the vital waterway or face a new round of attacks. He said the US would destroy “various POWER PLANTS, STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!”

At least 47 people were injured on Saturday evening after an Iranian missile struck the southern Israeli town of Dimona—famous for the dome-shaped structure atop its nuclear centre and popularly known as “little India”.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it was investigating the failure to intercept the Iranian ballistic missile. The Israeli army said the air defences engaged the ballistic missile, but the interceptors failed to knock it down.

This was the first time Iranian missiles penetrated Israel’s air defence systems in the area around the nuclear site.

“If the Israeli regime is unable to intercept missiles in the heavily protected Dimona area, it is, operationally, a sign of entering a new phase of the battle,” Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on X before word of the Arad strike spread.

Iran said it is targeting Dimona as a “response” to an earlier strike on the Natanz nuclear enrichment site. The IDF, however, said it was not responsible for striking Natanz earlier in the day.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said more emergency crews were being sent to the scene. “This is a very difficult evening,” he said.

Rescue workers said the direct hit in Arad caused widespread damage across at least 10 apartment buildings, three of them badly damaged and in danger of collapsing. At least 64 people were taken to hospitals.

Dimona is about 20 km west of the nuclear research centre and Arad around 35 km north. Dimona has a large Indian-Jewish population, and the community members, mostly from Maharashtra, maintain strong links with India and have consistently put efforts to solidify them. This has earned the town the nickname of “Little India”.