Missile strike
19 Jun 2025 · Day 7 of 12Iranian missile scores direct hit on Beersheba's Soroka hospital
During a barrage of roughly 30 ballistic missiles, an Iranian missile scored a direct hit on the surgical ward of Soroka Medical Center, southern Israel's main hospital, wrecking operating rooms and research labs. Patients in the hit building had been evacuated a day earlier, preventing deaths; about 71 people at the hospital and dozens more in Holon and Ramat Gan were wounded. Iran said it was aiming at a nearby military site, but verified imagery showed impact on the hospital.
Reported casualties
0 killed · 71 injured
Israel's Health Ministry said 271 people were wounded across all of Thursday's impacts, including about 71 (mostly minor) at Soroka. No deaths occurred at the hospital because the struck wards had been evacuated. Intent is disputed: Iran claimed a nearby military target; Israeli and independent verifiers found the missile struck the hospital complex, and HRW later called Iranian strikes on Israeli civilian areas likely war crimes.
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