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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 19, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 19, 2025
Soroka chief: Widespread damage to hospital; all patients and staff were in shelters
Soroka Medical Center Director-General Prof. Shlomi Kodesh speaks to the press about an Iranian missile strike at the hospital, June 19, 2025 (Video screenshot)
Soroka Medical Center’s director general Prof. Shlomi Codish speaks to the press about the missile strike this morning.
“A missile hit the old surgical ward building at Soroka. It’s a relatively old building that had been evacuated in recent days,” he says.
“There is widespread damage to other buildings at the hospital. All patients and all staff were in shelters. The several injured we have are lightly hurt, mostly from the blast shockwave,” he adds.
Kodesh says staff are now working to map out damage and assess which departments can operate and which cannot.
“We call on the public not to come to the hospital” beyond life-saving need, he says, adding that some current patients will be moved to other hospitals.
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