TEHRAN – As the conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv escalates, Iranian officials and media sources have denied claims that Iranian missiles targeted hospitals in southern Israel.
The denial comes in response to reports from Hebrew media claiming that Iranian missiles had attacked Soroka Medical Center in Bercheba, an Israeli-occupied territory.
As Al Jazeera said, Soroka Hospital has been used by Israeli forces to treat wounded soldiers during operations in Gaza. However, Iranian sources emphasize that the hospital itself was not the intended target.
The Soroka Hospital is located between two main Israeli military sites. IDF’s main Intelligence News Headquarters and Central Command Facility, both located at Gav-Yam Technology Park.
These installations reportedly serve as key hubs for Israeli cyber operations, digital command systems, and military intelligence infrastructure (including IDF C4I and C4ISR systems).
The hospital maintains the damage of the shockwave from a nearby explosion, but it did not directly collide, Iran’s report highlights. Instead, they accuse the Israeli government of mislinking missile strikes to civilian infrastructure and engaging in psychological warfare to distract attention from the damages caused to military commands.
However, recently, Israel’s strikes have targeted two private hospitals in Iran. One is in Tehran and the other is a hospital in Kermansha, and the actions they say have caused little international condemnation.
The missile barrage of Thursday morning, claimed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), was a “accurate and direct” strike against military assets, rather than civilian targets.
“This false story is part of a psychological campaign aimed at disinfecting Israel’s military image and hiding the extent of its impact on intelligence reporting infrastructure,” an Iranian source said.
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