{"id":2449173,"date":"2025-06-19T06:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-missile-hits-israeli-hospital-as-middle-east-war-rages-on-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T06:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T10:07:42","slug":"iranian-missile-hits-israeli-hospital-as-middle-east-war-rages-on-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-missile-hits-israeli-hospital-as-middle-east-war-rages-on-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian missile hits Israeli hospital as Middle East war rages on &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firanian-missile-hits-israeli-hospital-as-middle-east-war-rages-on-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2449173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On June 19, 2025, an Iranian missile struck Soroka Medical Center, the largest hospital in southern Israel, located in Be&#8217;er Sheva.The attack caused meaningful damage to the hospital, although it was reported that no serious injuries occurred because most patients had already been evacuated.Eyewitness reports indicated that smoke was still rising from the site, with an entire floor collapsed and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/car-plows-into-hospital-emergency-room-leaving-trail-of-destruction\/\" title=\"Car crashes into ... ER, causing ...\">surrounding structures<\/a> sustaining shattered windows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials condemned the missile strike as a &#8220;criminal&#8221; act aimed at a civilian target, highlighting that the hospital serves patients of all faiths, including Palestinians. Israel&#8217;s President, Isaac Herzog, criticized the attack and emphasized the values Israel is defending in the ongoing conflict. Iran claimed the missile had mistakenly hit the hospital rather of a nearby military facility; though, Israeli officials refuted this assertion, stating that the nearest military installations were over two kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Health Minister uriel Buso characterized the missile impact as an act of terrorism and a war crime against a facility dedicated to saving lives. The incident further escalated tensions amid the ongoing hostilities in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iranian missile hits Israeli hospital as Middle East war rages on<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>An Iranian missile hit Soroka Medical Center, the largest hospital in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> in the city of Be&rsquo;er Sheva, on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The missile strike caused &ldquo;extensive damage,&rdquo; but no serious injuries were reported. Most people in the hospital had already been evacuated before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran&rsquo;s<\/a> attack, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-iran-attacks-nuclear-news-06-19-2025-b508817b78ed8d2f6067c1516215cf94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>. However, the hospital building was reportedly in bad condition from the attack.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/supreme-court\/3444173\/the-truth-about-ban-conversion-therapy-facing-supreme-court-scrutiny\/\">The truth about a ban on &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217; facing Supreme Court scrutiny<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3446169\/democrats-arrests-confrontational-tactics-draw-attentio\/\">Democrats&rsquo; confrontational tactics draw attention and raise political stakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3446744\/senate-leaves-town-beautiful-bill-held-together-with-spit-july-4-deadline\/\">Senate leaves town with &#8216;beautiful&#8217; bill &#8216;held together with spit&#8217; ahead of July 4 deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Footage posted to social media shows the moment of the ballistic missile impact at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aicK9zLSnx\">pic.twitter.com\/aicK9zLSnx<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2150703\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manniefabian\/status\/1935569548113068314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Smoke is still billowing, and there&rsquo;s a potent smell of fire here at the Soroka Medical Center after the Iranian missile strike,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/06\/19\/world\/iran-israel-trump-news\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> Natan Odenheimer of the <em>New York Times<\/em>. &ldquo;An entire floor of the building that was hit has completely collapsed, and the surrounding structures have shattered windows.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sharren Haskel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/off-to-a-bad-start-putin-schools-biden-with-one-phone-call\/\" title=\"Off to a Bad START: Putin Schools Biden with One Phone Call\">deputy foreign minister<\/a> for Israel, slammed Iran for firing on a hospital. He called the missile strike &ldquo;criminal&rdquo; and implored the world to &ldquo;speak out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iran just hit Soroka Hospital in Be&rsquo;er Sheva with a ballistic missile.<\/p>\n<p>Not a military base. A hospital.<\/p>\n<p>This is the main medical center for Israel&rsquo;s entire Negev region.<\/p>\n<p>Deliberate. Criminal. Civilian target.<\/p>\n<p>The world must speak out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51rNdOp5Kv\">pic.twitter.com\/51rNdOp5Kv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sharren Haskel &#1492;&#1513;&#1499;&#1500; &#1513;&#1512;&#1503; (@SharrenHaskel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharrenHaskel\/status\/1935567573166457153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Iran just hit Soroka Hospital in Be&rsquo;er Sheva with a ballistic missile,&rdquo; Haskel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sharrenhaskel\/status\/1935567573166457153?s=46\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;Not a military base. A hospital. This is the main medical center for Israel&rsquo;s entire Negev region. Deliberate. Criminal. Civilian target. The world must speak out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Israel President Isaac Herzog criticized the attack on the hospital and highlighted that Soroka Medical Center treats people from all faiths, including Palestinians, who travel there for treatment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Herzog cited the attack on the hospital as an example of the &ldquo;values&rdquo; Israel is defending in the war, which is a reminder of &ldquo;what&rsquo;s truly at stake.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A baby in intensive care,&rdquo; Herzog said in a social media post. &ldquo;A mother by their bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing home. These were some of the targets of Iran&rsquo;s missile attacks on Israeli civilians this morning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A baby in intensive care. A mother by their bedside. A doctor rushing between beds. An elderly resident in a nursing home.<\/p>\n<p>These were some of the targets of Iran&rsquo;s missile attacks on Israeli civilians this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Soroka Hospital, located in Be&rsquo;er Sheva, is one of Israel&rsquo;s&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OVXkLQ8JYh\">pic.twitter.com\/OVXkLQ8JYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511; &#1492;&#1512;&#1510;&#1493;&#1490; Isaac Herzog (@Isaac_Herzog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_Herzog\/status\/1935576516483506667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Soroka Hospital, located in Be&rsquo;er Sheva, is one of Israel&rsquo;s finest&mdash;serving the entire Negev region, caring for Israelis of all faiths and our neighbors, the Palestinians who come especially to be treated there,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Its devoted staff &mdash; Jews and Arabs &mdash; work side by side in extraordinary harmony, united by the mission to heal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In moments like these, we are reminded of what&rsquo;s truly at stake, and the values we are defending,&rdquo; said Herzog.<\/p>\n<p>Iran <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog-june-19-2025\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> the missile mistakenly hit the hospital, and its intended target was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-on-cusp-of-weapons-grade-nuclear-materials\/\" title=\"... on Cusp of Weapons-Grade Nuclear Materials\">military facility located<\/a> near the hospital. However, the area has no military facilities, with the closest being the Southern Command base for the Israel Defense Forces located &ldquo;over two kilometers away,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/liveblog-june-19-2025\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the <em>Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3446545\/trump-israel-iran-conflict-long-beyond-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRUMP SAYS &lsquo;WE&rsquo;RE LONG BEYOND CEASEFIRE&rsquo; IN ISRAEL-RAIN CONFLICT: &lsquo;BAD TERM TO USE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Uriel Buso, Israel&rsquo;s health minister, wasn&rsquo;t buying Iran&rsquo;s excuse and called the strike on the hospital &ldquo;an act of terror.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The missile fired toward Soroka Medical Center is an act of terror and crosses a red line,&rdquo; Buso said. &ldquo;It is a war crime by the Iranian regime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tens-of-thousands-of-palestinians-escape-northern-gaza-after-israel-opens-evacuation-corridor\/\" title=\"WATCH: Tens Of Thousands Of Palestinians Escape Northern Gaza After Israel Opens Evacuation Corridor\">deliberately targeting innocent civilians<\/a> and medical teams dedicated to saving lives. The Health Ministry was prepared in advance, and thanks to the immediate actions we took, a major disaster was averted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2150703\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2150703\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian missile strikes Israeli hospital amid ongoing conflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2449174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IsraelHospital-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3870,3823,4671,57266,8746],"class_list":["post-2449173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hospital","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-middle-east-war","tag-missile"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IsraelHospital-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449177,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449173\/revisions\/2449177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}