Sirens sounded in the areas surrounding Gaza and Dimona, where the main Israeli nuclear reactor is located, in addition to the Negev in southern Israel.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) announced the bombing of "Dimona" with a missile salvo "in response to crimes against civilians" in the Gaza Strip.
Hebrew media reported that 6 severe explosions occurred in Dimona and its environs.
It is noteworthy that the Dimona nuclear reactor is used to produce plutonium used in atomic bombs. The reactor was purchased from France as part of a secret agreement related to the Suez War, in which the I.D.F. in collaboration with France and England conquered the Sinai Peninsula. Construction of the reactor started in late 1957 or early 1958 and was completed in 1962. It began operation (became critical) in 1963.
The reactor is fueled by natural uranium and deuterium. The French (via the Alsace Corporation) delivered a reactor with a capacity of 24-26 megawatts, which was secretly increased by Israel, first to 70 megawatts and later to 150 megawatts.
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