Iranian missile hits hospital in South Israel, 47 injured

Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles early Thursday, scoring a direct hit on Israel’s main southern hospital, the Soroka Medical Center, and two other impacts in the central cities of Holon and Ramat Gan that wounded dozens of people, including six in serious condition.At least 47 people have been injured in Iranian strikes on Israel, according to rescuers. Soroka Medical Center is the main hospital in Israel’s south.

Footage posted to social media shows the moment of the ballistic missile impact at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. pic.twitter.com/aicK9zLSnx

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The hospital’s director general Prof. Shlomi Kodesh told the media, “A missile hit the old surgical ward building at Soroka. It’s a relatively old building that had been evacuated in recent days.” He added, “There is widespread damage to other buildings at the hospital. All patients and all staff were in shelters. The several injured we have are lightly hurt, mostly from the blast shockwave.
“The missile fired at Soroka Medical Center is an act of terror and crosses a red line,” Health Minister Uriel Buso said. “It is a war crime by the Iranian regime, deliberately targeting innocent civilians and medical teams dedicated to saving lives. The Health Ministry was prepared in advance, and thanks to the immediate actions we took, a major disaster was averted,” he said.
Iran claimed that the ballistic missile that hit Beersheba’s Soroka Hospital was aimed at an adjacent military intelligence facility.  Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv.