MBABANE:An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel, wounding people and causing “extensive damage,” according to the medical facility, Aljazeera reported on Thursday morning.
It has been reported that,IRNA, the Islamic Republic News Agency, said on Telegram that the “main target” of the missile attack early on Thursday “was the large [Israeli army] Command and Intelligence (IDF C4I) headquarters and the military intelligence camp in the Gav-Yam Technology Park”.
It said that this facility is located next to Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva.IRNA claimed that the hospital only suffered minor damage from the shockwave resulting from the missile attack.
“The military infrastructure was a precise and direct target,” it said.
On another note, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and promised a response, saying:
“We will exact the full price from the tyrants in Tehran.”
Another missile hit a high-rise building and several other residential buildings in at least two sites near Tel Aviv. At least 47 people were wounded in the attacks, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service.
Meanwhile, Israel carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor in its latest attack on the country’s sprawling nuclear programme, on the seventh day of a conflict that began with a surprise wave of Israeli air strikes targeting military sites, senior officers and nuclear scientists.
Israel’s military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak facility and its reactor core seal to stop it from being used to produce plutonium.
Iranian missiles hit hospital and residential buildings in Israel, Aljazeera reports(pic: Aljazeera video).