A ballistic missile launched by Iran toward Israel early Thursday morning hit the Soroka Medical Center in the Negev desert city of Be’er Sheva in what Army Radio called a “direct hit,” with casualties yet unknown.
Update: A source told Breitbart News that the building that was hit at the hospital had been emptied because Soroka had reduced the number of patients to 40% capacity on Wednesday to ensure that there would be adequate space in “safe rooms” or bomb shelters. The missile hit an area that connected different wings of the facility. “If the missile had hit a few meters in any other direction [it] would have been horrific.”
Israel’s Army Radio confirmed the impacts and reported that there was extensive damage at
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