More About Iran Attack On Israel:
Iran launching a missile attack on the Israeli town of Beersheba, a hospital there has suffered; the conflict between the two countries is still raging into a seventh day.
Iran claimed that rather than the Soroka hospital itself, it had targeted a military site nearby. Israel said that strikes across the nation claimed 271 casualties.
Israel claimed at least 24 deaths in the nation since the conflict began. Last updated on June 15, Iranian official media reported that there were 224 fatalities. Long tracking Iran, the Washington-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has reported that 639 persons have died in Iran since Friday.
Starting on June 13, Israel attacked Iranian nuclear sites and killed several top generals and nuclear experts. The deputy foreign affairs minister of Israel claimed Thursday Iran’s attack on the Soroka hospital was “deliberate” and “criminal”.
Sharren Haskel posted on X that the site served as Israel’s main medical center for the whole Negev region. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, declared Israel would “exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran”.
With Defence Minister Israel Katz declaring Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no more be allowed to exist,” Israel also targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader. Katz stated to reporters: “Khamenei freely declares that he wants Israel destroyed – he personally gives the order to fire on hospitals.”
With last say over all government affairs in Iran, Khamenei is the spiritual leader and highest authority holder in the nation. Netanyahu responded to a query on whether Khamenei was a target from Israeli broadcaster News 12 by saying “I have instructed that no one is immune.”
Claiming that there are “other nuclear targets” and “nuclear missiles” in Iran, Netanyahu informed reporters at the site that Israeli forces had harmed “the nuclear program very strongly”.
“Just as I promised, we will eliminate the nuclear hazard. There won’t be a nuclear threat to Israel by the end of this campaign nor a ballistic missile threat.”
Israel had destroyed “more than half” of Iran’s missile launchers, he also informed broadcaster Kan, but “all help” would be welcome in demolishing nuclear installations.
Long after the blast, BBC reporters covering from the hospital detailed the damage as extensive, with smoke clouds and debris floating through the air. Hospital officials reported that several wards were totally devastated as fire tore through one of the buildings, shattering windows and collapsing ceilings.
Chief executive of the Soroka hospital, Prof Shlomi Codish, said that about 200 patients would be moved to other hospital sites. Authorities have stated that the bomb in the vicinity is thought to have caused injuries to roughly twenty persons.
Targeting the Arak heavy water reactor on Thursday, Israel’s military advised residents of surrounding Iranian cities of Arak and Khondab to leave the area “as soon as possible” before the attack.
Like enriched uranium, heavy water reactors generate plutonium, which can be used as atom bomb core material. Two missiles reported by Iranian media landed close to the facility. No reports of radiation hazards surfaced.
Israel’s military separately announced that it also hit a site in the vicinity of Natanz, which it claimed contains “unique components and equipment used to develop nuclear weapons”.
Israel claims Iran has lately “taken steps to weaponize” its stockpile of enriched uranium, which can be used for nuclear bombs or power plants. Iran has long asserted that its nuclear program is wholly peaceful.
Iran’s armed forces declared their reaction to the Israeli attack will have “no limits”.
Iranian official media said that Iran has complained to the UN nuclear watchdog alleging Israel’s “continuing aggression and actions opposite of international laws that prohibit attacks on nuclear facilities.”
The International Committee of the Red Cross underlined on X that under international law hospitals have to be “respected and protected”.
The director general of the World Health Organization added in a statement, “We call on all parties to protect health facilities, health personnel, and patients at all times.”
The most recent strikes coincide with a crucial period while President Trump muses over direct American participation in Israel’s campaign.
The White House declared on Thursday afternoon that Trump will decide within the next two weeks since he thinks there is a “substantial chance of negotiations” with Iran.
Iran has threatened to target American military interests in the Middle East in response to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei rejecting Trump’s demands to submit. As yet, Trump has not clearly indicated his next action.
1 thought on “Iran Attack On Israel Escalates: Missile Strike Hits Major Israeli Hospital.”