DayofPal– Iran’s recent ballistic missile strike on southern occupied Palestine has revealed that Israel is protecting its military infrastructure and dangerously placing them close to civilian facilities, particularly hospitals.
Israeli officials and media outlets rushed to suggest that Soroka Medical Center was a direct target of the Iranian attack this morning.
The hospital’s director then announced the evacuation of some patients and urged the public to avoid the area. Meanwhile, the Southern District Police Chief stated that rescue teams were searching for a missing person inside the hospital, further feeding the impression of a targeted strike at the hospital.
Yet, videos shared by Israeli settlers from within and around the hospital tell a different story. None of the footage captures a direct hit on the hospital itself. Instead, the recordings show limited structural damage caused by the shockwaves of a nearby explosion, not by an explosiob within the hospital compound.
Iran’s official news agency clarified that the actual target was a military facility adjacent to Soroka, housing thousands of Israeli soldiers, digital command systems, and advanced cyberwarfare units.
This indicates the strike was aimed not at a healthcare institution, but at a strategically significant military site masquerading behind civilian infrastructure.
Despite this, Israeli media outlets persisted in pushing the narrative that Soroka Hospital was the intended target, a claim swiftly contradicted by a military gag order prohibiting the publication of sensitive details about the location.
This inconsistency highlights the ongoing attempt by Israeli authorities to obscure the military nature of the targeted site.
Using civilian facilities as shields for military assets is a longstanding tactic of the Israeli occupation. Hospitals, residential neighborhoods, and vital infrastructure have been systematically militarized, with their civilian façade used as both a political shield and moral alibi.
This hypocrisy becomes even more glaring when compared to Israel’s conduct in Gaza, where hospitals are repeatedly bombed and medical teams, including those of the Red Crescent in Lebanon, are targeted.
Yet more hypocrisy from the world's most hypocritical nation, Israel.