Attack Israel, Iran Targets Intelligence Center And Command Near Hospital

Hospital Soroka, Be'er-Sheva, Israel was damaged by an Iranian missile attack/PHOTO via X @israsimfa

JAKARTA - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it was targeting Israeli intelligence and command centers near the hospital. In the latest attack, the Soroka Hospital, Be'er-Sheva, Israel suffered damage due to the impact of missile projectiles.

"In this operation, the regime's army command and intelligence center (Israel) was subjected to high precision and in targeted attacks near hospitals," the IRGC was quoted as saying by CNN, Thursday, June 19.

The statement did not mention the name of the command center suspected of being the target, nor the hospital or the location.

Israel previously said the Soroka Medical Center in the southern city of Beer Sheva was targeted directly on Thursday morning.

The IRGC said its attack used a combination of suicide drones and strategic missiles.

"We have previously warned that the entire sky of the occupied territory has no defenses and there will be no safe place," the IRGC said, referring to Israel.

IRNA previously claimed the main target' of the attack that damaged the Soroka Medical Center was a nearby technology park used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

The apparent target, the Gav-Yam Negev technology park, is less than a mile from the medical center.

The main targets of the attack were a broad command and intelligence base belonging to the Israeli army (IDF C4i) and their military intelligence campus, located in the Gav Yam technology park, next to the Soroka hospital in Beer Sheva, "said IRNA.