Israel's Netanyahu says Iran will 'pay heavy price' after hospital strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran would "pay a heavy price" after a missile hit a hospital in Israel's south.
"This morning, Iran's terrorist dictators fired missiles at Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva and at civilians in the center of the country. We will make the tyrants in Tehran pay a heavy price," Netanyahu said in a post on X.
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