• By Ajeet Kumar
  • Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:06 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

An Iranian missile hit Israel's biggest hospital early on Thursday, wounding people and causing "extensive damage". Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke. Separate Iranian strikes hit a high-rise apartment building in Tel Aviv and other sites in central Israel. At least 40 people were wounded, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.

Footage posted to social media shows the moment of the ballistic missile impact at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. Black smoke continues to rise from the building at the medical centre that was hit, more than an hour after the attack.

Tyrants have to pay the price: Nentanyahu

Condemning the attack on the hospital, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "This morning, Iran's terrorist tyrants launched missiles at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and at a civilian population in the centre of the country. We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran." Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar criticised the Iranian regime, stating that it intentionally attacks the civilian population." The Iranian regime fired a ballistic missile at a hospital. The Iranian regime deliberately targets civilians. The Iranian regime is committing war crimes. The Iranian regime has no red lines," the Foreign Minister said in a post on X.

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Grim situation in Soroka Hospital 

"Soroka Hospital in Beersheba -- where Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Arab Bedouins receive care -- was just hit by an indiscriminate Iranian ballistic missile. Israel will continue to do what must be done to protect all its people, from all walks of life," the Israel Foreign Ministry said in a post on X. According to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), Iran fired around 30 ballistic missiles at Israel on Thursday, and one of them struck the hospital in Beersheba.

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President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, took to his social media to narrate the horrific scenes in the hospital after the attack on the civilians. "A baby in intensive care. A mother by their bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing home. These were some of the targets of Iran's missile attacks on Israeli civilians this morning. Soroka Hospital, located in Be'er Sheva, is one of Israel's finest -- serving the entire Negev region, caring for Israelis of all faiths and our neighbours the Palestinians who come especially to be treated there. Its devoted staff -- Jews and Arabs -- work side by side in extraordinary harmony, united by the mission to heal," the President posted on X."

The conflict erupted last Friday when Netanyahu announced the launch of 'Operation Rising Lion' against Iran, a targeted military operation to roll back the Iranian threat of nuclear weapons to Israel's survival.

(With inputs from agencies)