New Delhi, March 22 -- Iran on Saturday struck the Israeli towns of Arad and Dimona, wounding more than 100 people and leaving buildings shattered near Israel's main nuclear research facility.

At least 84 people were injured in Arad, 10 of them seriously, while another 33 were wounded in Dimona, reported news agency AFP.

Commenting on the strikes, Iranian state TV said that the attack was a "response" to a previous US-Israeli strike on its own nuclear facility at Natanz, while Israel labelled the attacks a "war crime", claiming that children had been injured as well.

The Israeli military also said that it had failed to intercept the missiles that struck the two towns, marking the first time success of Iranian missiles against Israel's ...