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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Beersheba

At least 23 wounded by Iranian missile in Haifa; woman dies of heart attack in Karmiel
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Three in Haifa, including a teenager, seriously injured; footage indicates Iran shot cluster bomb at Beersheba, daycare hit but no injuries reported from impacts in center, south
The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center, June 19, 2025 (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
Heavy damage, injuries as Iranian missile hits Beersheba hospital; dozens hurt in central cities
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and Agencies
An injured man is evacuated from a site struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
June 20, 2025, 7:57 pm
At least 23 wounded by Iranian missile in Haifa; woman dies of heart attack in Karmiel
Three in Haifa, including a teenager, seriously injured; footage indicates Iran shot cluster bomb at Beersheba, daycare hit but no injuries reported from impacts in center, south
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in Beersheba, June 20, 2025. (Flash90)
June 20, 2025, 9:58 am
For second day in row, Iran missile hits Beersheba, damaging buildings, wounding 7
Iran planned larger barrage on southern city; none seriously hurt; IDF says four drones downed overnight; dozens of targets hit in wave of Israeli airstrikes on Tehran
By Emanuel Fabian
The devastation from an Iranian ballistic missile is seen at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, June 19, 2025. (Yair Tirosh/Flash90)
June 20, 2025, 6:05 am
‘God’s will’: Beersheba hospital moved patients underground hours before missile hit
Soroka Medical Center staff describe scenes of ‘complete destruction,’ say ‘we knew from the noise that it wasn’t like anything we were used to’
By Emily Rose
A medical staffer walks along a damaged area at the Soroka hospital complex after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran in Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
June 19, 2025, 1:20 pm
Israel vows to ‘exact full price from Tehran tyrants,’ calling hospital strike a war crime
Coalition and opposition politicians say Iran’s willingness to strike hospitals and civilians underlines the necessity of operation to prevent Tehran from attaining nuclear weapons
By Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Beersheba's Soroka Medical Center, June 19, 2025 (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
June 19, 2025, 12:01 pm
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
By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Diana Bletter and Agencies
A burnt out car thought to have exploded, killing a man in a parking lot in Beersheba on April 29, 2025. (Fire and Rescue Service)
April 29, 2025, 9:52 am
Man found dead near car destroyed in blast in Beersheba parking lot
Deceased thought to have been killed while working with or transporting explosives
By ToI Staff
Houthi supporters chant slogans in front of banners supporting Palestinians, during anti-US and anti-Israel rally in Sanaa, Yemen, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
April 26, 2025, 4:04 am
IDF downs Houthi missile fired from Yemen that triggered sirens in south
No injuries or damage in overnight attack, which prompted the issuing of an early warning alert to a much wider area; IDF also intercepts drone launched by the Iran-backed rebels
By Emanuel Fabian
Synergy7's R&D robotics lab in Beersheva. (Sali Petel)
December 15, 2024, 9:47 am
Negev-based consortium helps war-hit startups reach US, Singapore and UAE markets
Synergy7, backed by the Israel Innovation Authority, Elbit and Dell, sets up an innovation hub in Beersheba to give businesses access to tech space and develop the country’s south
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev campus on the first day of class, November 3, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/TOI)
November 7, 2024, 4:11 pm
Ben-Gurion U. balances academic standards with reservists’ needs in war’s second year
Most of Israel’s universities began studies this week, after a year of war with no end in sight; some 30% of students have served in the IDF reserves during the current conflict
By Gavriel Fiske
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack in the Beersheba central bus station, October 6, 2024, in which Sgt. Shira Suslik (inset) was killed. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90; Israel Police)
October 6, 2024, 5:30 pm
Border cop killed, 10 wounded in terror shooting attack at Beersheba central bus station
Female officer, 19, shot dead by terrorist who opened fire at people at a McDonald’s; gunman was Israeli citizen and relative of perpetrator of 2015 attack inside same bus station
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Israelis protest calling for the release of those held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 6, 2024, 2:34 am
Scaled-down rallies for hostage deal held nationwide, a year into loved ones’ captivity
Weekly rally in Tel Aviv, which has previously drawn hundreds of thousands, is capped at 2,000 by Home Front Command, amid ground op in Lebanon and brewing response to Iran attack
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Students arrive at an Israeli high school, June 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/ File)
September 23, 2024, 8:31 pm
Beersheba girl suspended from school after voicing concern for Gazan kids
Middle school, Education Ministry claim 13-year-old suspended for 3 days to protect her from harassment during probe into incident; girl says other students verbally abused her
By ToI Staff
A Bedouin child is brought to the emergency room at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, after his family home, a shed in an unrecognized Bedouin village near Dimona, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, on July 19, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/ Flash90/ File)
September 8, 2024, 9:45 pm
Government signs permits for new Beersheba hospital after 10-year delay
Medical center slated to open in 2028; Health Minister Buso says it will ‘reduce the gap in medical treatment between the center and the periphery’
By Diana Bletter
Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 1:45 pm
Doctor at Beersheba Hospital arrested for allegedly swearing allegiance to ISIS
Prosecutors say Soroka Medical Center specialist Muhammad Azzam pledged himself to Islamic State after Oct. 7, wished death on wounded Israeli soldiers treated at facility
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Yehuda Deri (R), chief rabbi of the southern city of Beersheba, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on December 12, 2012. (Yoav Ari Dudkevitch / FLASH90)
July 10, 2024, 4:51 pm
Eyebrows raised as son of late Beersheba rabbi is declared his successor at funeral
With no apparent authority to do so, ex-Sephardic chief rabbi announces at cemetery that son of Yehuda Deri will take over his father’s role as southern city’s top rabbinical figure
By ToI Staff
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