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Soroka Hospital: Renovation work of building hit by Iranian missile to begin soon

Soroka Hospital spokesperson reported that renovation work will begin soon, including external reinforcement of the northern surgical hospitalization building and the non-reinforced operating room complex located in an adjacent building, which were shut down following a direct hit from an Iranian missile. The renovation was planned before …


After Iran missile hit, Israel outlines massive NIS 1 billion recovery plan for Soroka hospita

Health Ministry says rebuilding plan will require cooperation from the Finance Ministry, the broader government and philanthropic organizations; ‘We plan not only to repair but to rebuild more robustly,’ says ministry chief


Beersheba’s Soroka hospital, hit by missile days ago, treats wounded in latest strike

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba says the hospital’s trauma team and its life-saving unit are prepared to receive casualties from the latest round of ballistic missile fire from Iran.


Are Israeli hospitals ready for the next missile strike?

A direct missile strike on Soroka Medical Center exposes critical gaps in Israel’s hospital defenses, raising urgent questions about the safety of patients and staff


Israel’s Health System Was at Peak Readiness. It Now Requires a Reassessment

Israel’s health system is in a race against time. The objective: Making sure hospital staff and patients are protected, while simultaneously discharging as many patients as possible to reduce hospital occupancy. Both are to ensure the safety of the patients and to preserve the stockpiles of reserves …


After devastating Iran strike, Soroka hospital closes to new patients, clears out wards

Health Ministry instructs hospital directors across Israel to minimize number of patients, discharge women soon after childbirth, over fears other medical centers may be targeted


Video emerges of Iran’s ‘direct missile strike’ on Israel’s Soroka hospital, patient recalls horrific moment

Israeli PM, IDF spokesperson issue firm statements as visuals of Iran’s missile strike targetting Israel’s Soroka Hospital take over social media. Eyewitnesses and medical


Counting the Miracles in Beersheva After Iran Targets Soroka Hospital

On a typical day, Rabbi Yossi Litzman, goes from room to room at Soroka Medical Center to speak with patients. He asks how they’re doing, lends a listening ear, and shares words of comfort and support. He also offers to help the men put on tefillin, and …


Iranian missiles ‘direct hit’ on major Israeli hospital, say rescuers

Soroka Medical Centre in Israel’s south hit by Iranian missile, causing extensive damage and injuries, urging public to stay away


Israeli Hospital Suffers Direct Hit in Iranian Missile Strike; More Than 70 Wounded

Seventy-six people were wounded in three sites in central Israel after Iran launched a missile barrage on Thursday morning, which also significantly damaged a hospital in southern Israel.


British Minister for Middle East condemns attack on Soroka: ‘Shocking Iranian attack’

The British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Haimish Falconer, condemned the Iranian missile hit on Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva. “My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones following the shocking Iranian attack. Hospitals should never be attacked.” Falconer added that “this …


After war’s end Be’er Sheva reels from Iranian strikes: 4 dead, hospital in ruins, and a city struggling to recover

Three direct hits, including at Soroka hospital: dozens of buildings in Be’er Sheva now deemed unsafe, residents in limbo; Ben-Gurion University badly damaged, hundreds evacuated: ‘I thought I was going to die in the shelter’


Major damage to Soroka hospital following direct missile strike: See moment of impact and destruction

Direct hit on southern hospital caused widespread destruction throughout the medical center; Patients moving to other hospitals : ‘There is almost no place that was not damaged. Ceilings have fallen, we don’t know how protected we are’


Israel Says Iranian Missile Strikes Major Hospital

Iran struck the largest hospital in southern Israel, the Israeli military said. President Trump has offered no timetable on deciding whether to order U.S. forces to join attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites.


Israeli Hospital Damaged by Iranian Airstrike as Missile Exchange Continues

The strike on Soroka Medical Center, in the city of Beersheba, was part of a wider barrage from Iran, hitting neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, including Holon and Ramat Gan. Israel’s health ministry has said that a total of 271 people were injured in the strikes, including those …


The South without a medical supercenter, preparations for the evacuation of many patients from Soroka

Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva now closed to all but life-threatening emergencies; missile struck a surgical wing that had been evacuated just hours earlier


‘I was lying in bed… The ceiling fell in’: At the scene of Israeli hospital hit by Iran strike

Black smoke was still billowing from the middle of the Soroka Medical Center when we arrived, several hours after Iran’s attack on the building.


‘This is what a war crime looks like,’ health workers at hospital targeted by Iran say

After the unprecedented Iranian missile attack on Soroka, there has been serious physical damage, but no deaths or serious injuries.


Heavy damage, injuries as Iranian missile hits Beersheba hospital; dozens hurt in central cities

30 missiles fired in early-morning barrage, warhead causes extensive damage to Soroka, southern Israel’s main hospital; Israel calls attack a war crime; 6 people seriously injured in Ramat Gan and Holon


Iranian missile hits Beersheva hospital; six people seriously wounded

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called the regime in Tehran “Nazis who launch missiles at hospitals, at the elderly, and at children.”


Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka’s patients under missile fire

Thanks to Bar Siman-Tov’s pre-emptive order, only one patient suffered a minor injury after an Iranian missile slammed into Soroka hospital.


Israel vows to hold Iran’s leader accountable for “war crimes” after Iranian missile slams into hospital

An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, leaving dozens of people with minor injuries, causing significant damage, and drawing a swift vow from Israeli leaders of intensified attacks on Iran’s military and “government targets.” Israel’s defense chief accused Iran of war …


There Was a Massive Boom’: Doctor Recounts Iranian Strike on Hospital

An Iranian missile hit a building at the Soroka Medical Center, a major hospital complex in southern Israel. The hospital said it was treating several patients with minor injuries.


Israeli hospital had taken patients underground hours before missile hit

The major public hospital, which serves around 1 million people living in southern Israel, sustained extensive damage in the strike. Several wards were completely destroyed, with debris scattered across the parking lot and surrounding walkways.


Iranian missile hits main hospital in southern Israel as strikes wound dozens

An Iranian missile slammed into the main hospital in southern Israel early Thursday, wounding people and causing “extensive damage,” according to the medical facility. Israeli media aired footage of blown-out windows and heavy black smoke.


Israeli Hospital Damaged by Iranian Airstrike as Missile Exchange Continues

The strike on Soroka Medical Center, in the city of Beersheba, was part of a wider barrage from Iran, hitting neighborhoods in Tel Aviv, including Holon and Ramat Gan. Israel’s health ministry has said that a total of 271 people were injured in the strikes, including those …


Netanyahu assesses damage at Soroka Medical Center after Iranian missile attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Thursday, after it was struck by an Iranian missile that damaged its surgical ward.


After strike on Israeli hospital, a vista of broken glass, fallen debris – The Washington Post

An Iranian ballistic missile struck the largest hospital in southern Israel on Thursday, the seventh day of the Israel-Iran conflict.


Wounded in Gaza RPG attack, ICU doctor is treated, unrecognized, by his own colleagues

When the ICU team at Soroka Hospital admitted a reservist seriously wounded and unconscious after an attack in Khan Younis, they didn’t realize it was their colleague Yoav Bichovsky


Hamas hostage and father of 11 rescued by IDF from tunnel in southern Gaza

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, who was kidnapped by the terror group on Oct. 7, was found in a tunnel in Mahrat during a “complex rescue operation,” according to the Israeli military. Alkadi, a father of 11 from the Bedouin Arab community, was rescued by IDF soldiers from …


Many IDF wounded experience concussions, study finds

Many IDF wounded experience concussions, study finds. Neurological researchers say 60% of war casualties in rehabilitation experience various degrees of brain injuries, as some never even make it to hospitals, faced with a range of symptoms for months.


New Study Finds No Significant Association Between Preterm Delivery And Autism

Autism, also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), is one of the most common developmental disorders and is increasingly diagnosed worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated one in 100 children has autism. In the U.S., those numbers are much higher, with an estimated one …


They Come With a Story’: The Israeli Midwives Delivering Babies, Support and Hope During Wartime

As more and more Israeli women are giving birth while their partner is on the front lines – or worse – midwives are volunteering to help them with far more than breathing exercises. ‘You have to sometimes remind them that they’re pregnant – that they need to …


Preventative medicine: After Oct. 7 mass casualty event, Israeli MDs share tough lessons

While dealing with the ongoing medical challenges of the war, physicians are already in touch with others over what they learned about honing lifesaving preparedness protocols


The forgotten wounded of Israel

Americans can aid the worthiest of causes, Israel’s frontline medical facilities. I recently had the privilege of meeting with the head of Soroka Hospital’s intensive care unit and its chief of ophthalmology. I wanted to assess the situation of Israel’s injured soldiers as well as the burden …


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