The main hospital in Israel’s south has suffered “extensive damage” after a direct hit by Iranian missiles early Thursday morning.
Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheba has requested patients not to come for treatment following the attack that left several people wounded.
Israel on Thursday attacked Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor after warning the locals to flee the area.
Explosions were heard in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as the week-long conflict showed no signs of easing.
Israeli strikes have wiped out the top echelon of Iran’s military command, damaged its nuclear capabilities, and killed about 640 people.
Iranian retaliatory strikes have killed two dozen civilians in Israel.
Donald Trump has touted the prospect of joining Israel’s attacks and claimed late on Wednesday that Iran was “just weeks away” from having a nuclear weapon, in contradiction to his own US intelligence agencies.
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said in March that Iran had not made a decision to build nuclear weapons despite having stockpiles of enriched uranium.
