‘Imagine what they’d do with nukes’: Politicians react to missile attacks on hospital, cities

Israeli politicians slam the Iranian government as “Nazis” and an “evil regime,” arguing that this morning’s strikes on Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba and other civilian targets demonstrate why Israel needs to take out Tehran’s nuclear program.

“If the Nazis who launch missiles at hospitals, at the elderly and at children had atomic weapons, they would fire them in a heartbeat without even thinking. This is the most just campaign that Israel has ever embarked on in history,” declares National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, adding that Israelis are “all united to remove this threat once and for all.”

Culture Minister Miki Zohar tweets in English alongside a photo of the damage to the hospital: “The evil Iranian regime has crossed every moral line. Only the scum of the earth fires missiles at hospitalized children and elderly people in their sick beds. Let the whole world know: this is a cruel terrorist regime that must be uprooted, for the security of Israel and the entire free world.”

In another English-language post, National Unity chairman Benny Gantz writes that “while Israel targets Iran’s nuclear and missile programs that threaten not only us but the whole world, Iran targets Israeli hospitals and children.”

“There is no moral equivalence, and Israel will not waver in eliminating the capabilities of those who gleefully declare ‘Death to Israel, Death to America,'” he says.

While Israel targets Iran’s nuclear and missile programs that threaten not only us but the whole world – Iran targets Israeli hospitals and children.

While Israel targets with precision military & IRGC personnel – Iran targets Israeli civilians.

There is no moral equivalence,… pic.twitter.com/xU1Itqb528

— בני גנץ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) June 19, 2025

“Imagine what Iran would do with nuclear weapons,” says Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman. “We must continue until the nuclear program is completely eliminated, the Iranian regime is overthrown, and its missile stockpile is destroyed.”

This has been a “difficult morning for the State of Israel,” Opposition Leader Yair Lapid tweets, noting that “even a just war comes with a heavy price.”

“This is the people of Israel’s finest hour. Our nation is strong. Our people are acting responsibly. Continue to follow Home Front Command instructions. They save lives,” he writes.