PNN – Israeli sources reported that the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran targeted the Weizmann Institute of Science in the Rehovot area, south of Tel Aviv, in the occupied territories, in their missile attacks last night. The institute plays an important role in providing comprehensive services to the Israeli army.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, the Masrawy news website examined the importance of the Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science this Sunday and wrote: The Weizmann Institute of Science, a prominent Israeli center, suffered extensive damage in the recent Iranian missile attack, and according to information published by the New York Times, at least one of its buildings, which houses several laboratories, caught fire.
Published images show that the fire has reached one of the institute’s buildings, directly targeting Israel’s research infrastructure, as military tensions with Iran escalate.
The Weizmann Institute is an advanced scientific center that was founded in 1944 and is named after Chaim Weizmann, a Zionist leader and the first president of the Zionist regime.
The institute was officially opened in late 1949, and a number of Zionist and other scientists were invited to work there. The institute has more than 30 scientific laboratories, a large library, meeting and conference halls, and residential areas for researchers and staff.
In addition to the support of the Israeli cabinet, the Weizmann Institute receives extensive financial support from Zionist institutions, organizations, and associations.
This Zionist institution operates in the fields of chemicals, industrial materials, and medical supplies, and has a special place in genetic research.
The Weizmann Institute attaches great importance to expanding educational opportunities in scientific fields and also publishes educational books in mathematics, nature, physics, chemistry, etc.
In addition to its scientific activities, this institute plays an important role in supporting the Israeli army and provides extensive assistance to the army in the fields of military and advanced technology.
The occupied territories were attacked by drones and missiles by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the second time in the past few hours on Sunday morning.
A few hours after the sixth wave of “Wadeh Sadeq 3” was carried out, the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran launched another wave of drone-missile attacks on the occupied territories, targeting the cities of Ashdod and Tel Aviv.
In this wave, Iranian ballistic missiles penetrated several layers of defense and hit designated points.
Also, a number of Iranian missiles and drones hit various areas in the north, south, and east of the occupied territories.
According to news sources, several buildings in Tel Aviv have been destroyed and set on fire as a result of strikes by Iranian drones and missiles.
Following the Iranian drone-missile attack, continuous sirens sounded in various areas of the occupied territories, forcing millions of Israelis to flee to shelters.
Power outages have been reported in a number of Israeli towns following an Iranian drone-missile attack, and Israeli media have also reported hearing several explosions in areas around Ben-Gurion Airport and east of Tel Aviv.
On Saturday night, in the sixth wave of Iranian attacks on Israel, missiles were launched from dozens of missile bases in various cities, including Shiraz, Kashan, Qom, and Lorestan, towards the occupied territories.
Following that, Hebrew media reported several fires and columns of smoke rising in the city of Haifa, located in northern occupied Palestine.