Prison guards sent to help at site of missile strike at Beersheba hospital

By Charlie Summers

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19 June 2025, 10:57 am

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Prison Service guards at the site of a direct Iranian missile impact on Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center on June 19, 2025. (Israel Prison Service)

Prison guards are being deployed at the site of an Iranian missile impact at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba this morning.

A Prison Service spokesman says the guards are assisting the Fire and Rescue Service in “rescue operations and handling disaster sites.” He notes this is the first time prison guards have been sent to the scene of a missile strike.

The unusual decision was made by National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, after he held a meeting with Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi and Fire and Rescue Service Commissioner Eyal Caspi.

The guards deployed belong to the Prison Authority’s Nachshon unit, normally responsible for escorting prisoners from detention facilities to courts and vice versa.