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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Herzog: Missile attack on Beersheba was ‘specifically to kill people living ordinary lives’
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
President Isaac Herzog (C) and his wife Michal at the scene of a ballistic missile strike in Beersheba on June 24, 2025 (Avi Kaner/GPO)
Earlier today, President Isaac Herzog visited the site of a missile impact in Beersheba following this morning’s attack by Iran, the president’s office says in a statement.
Herzog toured the area of the southern city where an Iranian missile hit an apartment building, killing four residents and injuring at least 22 others, and causing damage to surrounding homes and a kindergarten.
“That missile, which is one of the heaviest missiles in the Iranian arsenal, way above 400 kilos, landed here specifically to kill women, children, the elderly, people living ordinary lives,” Herzog told media at the scene.
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