According to CNN, emergency services are responding to the fires Israel’s military said it intercepted an Iranian missile.
The southern district saw several parts targeted by munitions said Israel Police, adding that there was property damage but no reports of casualties.
Yesterday, a major hospital in Beer Sheva, the Soroka Medical Center, was damaged in an Iranian attack.
Beer Sheva is in the Negev desert, where Israel’s Nevatim airbase is located.
On Thursday, a direct hit on a hospital in the southern part was reported, Israel Defense Forces said in a post on Thursday.The Soroka Medical Center, targeted by Iran, is the main hospital in Israel’s south and has over 1,000 beds and provides services to the approximately 1 million residents of the area.”Several hits were identified as a result of the missile barrage—one of them hitting the largest hospital in southern Israel,” the IDF posted on X.
According to Magen David Adom rescue service, at least 40 people were wounded.
As per AFP, a spokesperson for the hospital said that damage has been caused to the hospital and extensive damage in various areas. “We are currently assessing the damage, including injuries. We ask the public not to come to the hospital at this time,” they said.
Many hospitals in Israel are said to have activated emergency plans in the past week, converting underground parking to hospital floors and move patients underground, especially those who are on ventilators or are difficult to move quickly.
