Smokes grow from a building in the Soroka Hospital complex after being killed by a missile expelled from Iran at Ber Sheva, Israel on Thursday.
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Many sites in Israel retained direct hits Iranian missile Thursday, including a major hospital in the south of the country, to give a sharp warning from Israeli leaders to give a sharp warning Accelerate attacks on “strategic goals” in Iran,
According to a statement from Soroka Medical Center, the largest hospital in Southern Israel, many people were being treated for minor injuries and shock cases. According to the statement, this strike caused widespread damage to the old surgical wing of the hospital, which had already been evacuated several days ago. In the video shared online, black smoke came out of the hospital room room and convenience.
Iran’s state media claimed that the missile was targeted on a military target nearby and deliberately hit the hospital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed vengeance for the attack.
“This morning, Iran’s terrorist oppressors launched missiles in Soroka Hospital in Barsheba and in a civilian population at the center of the country,” he Said In a post on X, “We will accurate the entire price from the oppressors in Tehran.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katj called the strike a war crime, and said that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “would be accountable to his crimes.”
“The cowardly Iranian dictator sits in the depth of a strong bunker and aims to shots in hospitals and residential buildings,” wrote On X.
Other missiles killed a tall building and other residential buildings near Tel Aviv.
Katz said that he and Netanyahu had directed the Israeli army to intensify their attacks on strategic and government goals in Tehran as part of the widespread attempt to weaken Iran’s rule.
The Israeli army says that over 400 rockets and hundreds of drones have been introduced in the Israeli region since the conflict began. By Wednesday morning, Israeli officials reported 24 dead and 838 injuries, including 11 and dozens of suffering medium or minor injuries in 11 serious conditions.
Israel’s emergency services, Magan David Adom, Said Three people were currently in critical condition from Thursday’s blasts, including an elderly man and two women. An additional 42 citizens were injured by shrapnel or explosions, and 18 more injuries while running for shelters.
According to Iran’s Health Ministry, in the meantime, Israel’s attacks on Iran have killed more than 200 people. But an independent group called a human rights activist news agency They say It has counted 639 dead based on non -government sources.
Israel continued its attacks overnight with Israeli army on Thursday Saying This hit the Arak Heavy Water Reactor, an important feature in Iran’s nuclear program. This is the latest step targeting Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as Israel started its amazing attack seven days ago.
Claiman Wags Any US military intervention on Wednesday will bring “irreversible results”. In a national level aired address, the Iranian leader said the nation would not surrender, and oppose a “imposed war” such as it would oppose a “imposed peace”.
President Trump on Wednesday refused to say whether the US was close to joining Israel in targeting Iran’s nuclear sites.
“You don’t think seriously that I am going to answer that question,” he told reporters. “I can do this. I can’t do this. I mean, no one knows what I am going to do.”
NPR in an interview with Wednesday, Israel President Isaac Herzog said The country will “welcome anything that helps to completely eliminate the Iranian nuclear program,” but emphasized any decision on American participation by Trump and his team.
NPR’s Hadel Al-Shalchi, Daniel Astin and Itay Stern contributed to this report of Tel Aviv.