Netanyahu vows Iran will ‘pay a heavy price' after latest attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged that Iran will face serious consequences following a missile strike that damaged Soroka Medical Centre in Be'er Sheva.
In a post on X, Netanyahu said, 'This morning, Iran's terrorist dictators fired missiles at Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva and at civilians in the centre of the country. We will make the tyrants in Tehran pay a heavy price.'
Iran has denied that Soroka Medical Centre was the intended target of Thursday's missile barrage, despite the hospital sustaining damage from nearby explosions.
The facility, which has treated Israeli soldiers wounded in Gaza, sits between two key military sites within the Gav-Yam Technology Park in Be'er Sheva.
These include the Israeli army's main intelligence headquarters and a central command centre, both reportedly vital to cyber operations and digital warfare systems, including IDF C4I and C4ISR infrastructure.
According to Iranian accounts, the hospital was affected by shockwaves from strikes on nearby military targets, but was not directly hit.
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