Iranian Missile Strikes Hospital in Southern Israel

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โ€˜These are war crimes of the most serious kind, and Khamenei will be held accountable for his crimes,โ€™ Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Iranian leader Ali Khamenei โ€œcannot continue to existโ€ after an Iranian missile struck a hospital in Be’er Sheva, southern Israel. 

Israeli media carried footage of broken windows and thick black smoke coming from the top floor of a building at the Soroka Hospital.

The hospital said in a statement that several parts of the medical center were damaged and several people with minor injuries were being treated.

Israelโ€™s Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue service said in a statement posted on social media platform X, โ€œFollowing missile strikes across Israel, 3 seriously injured, 2 moderately injured, 42 with shrapnel/blast injuries, and 18 hurt on route to shelters.โ€

MDA said teams are continuing to search affected areas.

The missile attacks came on the seventh day of the conflict between Israel and Iran, and followed a warning on Wednesday by Khamenei that โ€œany form of U.S. military intervention will undoubtedly be met with irreparable harm.โ€

On Thursday, Israeli media and news agency AFP said Katz told reporters in Holon, near Tel Aviv, โ€œKhamenei openly declares that he wants Israel destroyed. He personally gives the order to fire on hospitals. He considers the destruction of the state of Israel to be a goal. … A dictator like Khamenei, who heads a country like Iran and has made the destruction of Israel his mission, cannot continue to exist.โ€

U.S. President Donald Trump stated on June 18 that he was still deliberating whether to commit the U.S. military to the conflict.

โ€œI like to make the final decision one second before itโ€™s due,โ€ Trump said.

Earlier, Katz said on X, โ€œThese are war crimes of the most serious kind, and Khamenei will be held accountable for his crimes.โ€

Katz said he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to increase the intensity of attacks against โ€œgovernment targets in Tehran.โ€

The BBC reported that Iranโ€™s state-owned IRNA news agency claimed the attack was aimed at an IDF โ€œcommand and intelligence headquartersโ€ and an army intelligence camp in the Gav-Yam Technology Park, close to the hospital.

By Chris Summers

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