On Thursday morning, Iran launched a reprehensible and unprecedented offensive against Israel, attacking with dozens of ballistic missiles in retaliation for an Israeli bombing of a nuclear facility on its territory.
One of the most shocking targets was the Soroka Medical Center, the largest hospital in southern Israel, located in the city of Beersheba, which suffered a direct hit and left dozens injured.
The Soroka Medical Center, essential for medical care in the south of the country, was directly hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, causing chaos, fires, and severe structural damage.
According to official reports, at least 25 people were injured inside the hospital, one of them seriously. The Israeli emergency medical organization, Magen David Adom, reported that the center had to temporarily close to new patients, except for life-threatening cases.

Videos released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) showed dramatic scenes from inside the hospital: thick smoke, collapsed ceilings, and people running for safety. Witnesses described the moment of impact as a "devastating explosion" that affected emergency rooms, operating theaters, and critical care areas.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the attack on the hospital as an atrocity and vowed harsh retaliation against Iran. "We will demand the full price from the tyrants of Tehran," he declared in a post on the social network X.
Defense Minister Israel Katz was even more direct in describing the bombing as a "most serious war crime" and stated that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would be held responsible.
The Iranian bombing was a disproportionate response to the Israeli airstrike on the Khondab nuclear site, near the city of Arak, in central Iran.
The facility, which includes a heavy water reactor still under construction, could eventually produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. Israel had publicly warned of the attack hours earlier and issued an evacuation warning in Farsi directed at the Iranian population near the facility.
According to Iranian media, the plant was evacuated before the bombing and did not contain radioactive material, a fact confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which also reported that the nearby heavy water production plant was not hit.













