As the conflict enters its seventh day Iranian missiles have caused serious damage at four sites in central and southern Israel, including at the Soroka hospital
Israeli forces meanwhile are reported to have attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water nuclear reactor.
President Donald Trump says he’s still weighing his options on United States military intervention in the escalating hostilities.
Soroka hospital’s Director General Shlomi Kodesh says Iran’s missile strike this morning hit an old surgical ward that had recently been evacuated.
“There is widespread damage to other buildings at the hospital,” Kodesh said, according to The Times of Israel. All patients and all staff were in shelters. The several injured we have are lightly hurt, mostly from the blast shockwave.”
Israel has ordered its army to “increase the intensity” on its attacks on Iran after Tehran fired missiles at a hospital in the south of the countr
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi has issued another warning to the US against direct military intervention.
In comments carried by Reuters news agency, Gharibabadi said Iran does not want the conflict to expand, but is ready to act and “teach aggressors a lesson” if necessary.
Russia has again warned the US against getting involved in Israel’s military campaign against Iran.
The Kremlin said this morning that doing so would lead to “another terrible spiral of escalation”.
