Soroka Medical Center

Israeli defenses 'not hermetic' military source says following Iran missile impact in Dimona, Arad

An initial inquiry found that the US THAAD interception system was supposed to intercept the missile over Arad but missed. It is currently being examined whether this was due to human error.

|ByAVI ASHKENAZI
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Arad, March 22, 2026.
The aftermath of an Iranian missile hit on an Arad apartment building, March 21, 2026.

'The whole house shook’: Residents describe experiences after Iranian missile exploded in Arad

At least 75 people were wounded, including 10 seriously, when an Iranian missile exploded between residential buildings in Arad on Saturday night.

|ByRAMI SHANI
First responders operate at a site of a direct missile strike on an Arad building, southern Israel, March 21, 2026

At least 84 wounded, 10 in serious condition after Iranian missile strikes Arad building

All of those wounded have been evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba for treatement, MDA said, adding that no one is currently trapped under rubble, though search efforts continue.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Dr. Ofira Azulay. “This hospital feels like home.”

When the hospital became a battlefield, these women kept life moving forward

For two years, Soroka Medical Center has treated thousands while under attack. Three women doctors share what it means to work, parent, and endure on the frontlines of medicine and war

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH SOROKA

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JUNE 24, 2025BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
The family of Dr. Yehudit and Eliran Nachum.

'This is what a war crime looks like,' health workers at hospital targeted by Iran say

After the unprecedented Iranian missile attack on Soroka, there has been serious physical damage, but no deaths or serious injuries.

JUNE 19, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A view shows damage in Soroka Medical Center, at an impact site following a missile strike from Iran on Israel, in Beersheba, June 19, 2025.

Strike on Soroka is a serious escalation, Health Minister Uriel Busso tells 'Post'

"This is a significant event for the state," Busso emphasized regarding the Iranian missile attack on the Soroka Medical Center.

JUNE 19, 2025ByAMICHAI STEIN
Damage at the Soroka hospital following a direct hit from the Iranian missile barrage, June 19, 2025.

IDF expands in northern West Bank, kills two Hezbollah fighters

In the northern West Bank, the already-expanded operations against terrorist activity expanded to another town in the Sa-Nur area.

JUNE 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF operating in the West Bank June 18, 2025.

Katz directly threatens to assassinate Khamenei, shake Iranian regime

The defense minister added that Israel will now start attacking new kinds of strategic targets in Iran.

JUNE 19, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
(L-R) Defense Minister Israel Katz, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Near-miss massacre: How one order saved Soroka’s patients under missile fire

Thanks to Bar Siman-Tov’s pre-emptive order, only one patient suffered a minor injury after an Iranian missile slammed into Soroka hospital.

JUNE 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Saved the lives of medical staff and patients. Director General of the Health Ministry Moshe Bar Siman Tov during Covid-19 crisis in 2019

Israeli hospital struck in latest Iranian ballistic missile barrage on Israel

Eighty-nine were wounded, with three in serious condition, in direct impacts across central Israeli cities, Magen David Adom said.

JUNE 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke rises following a direct hit on the Soroka hospital in Beersheba, June 19, 2025

E3 countries seek pathway to diplomacy with Iran, Hezbollah leader offers help to Iran

IAF intercepts Iranian drones near Dead Sea • IAEA chief identifies Isfahan as Iran's planned uranium enrichment site • Smoke, explosions in Tehran, Rasht

JUNE 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot delivers a speech after a meeting with European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to end the conflict between Iran and Israel at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay) in Paris, France, June 19, 2025.

Eight-year-old injured in Iran attack leaves rehab after year of medical care

Whilst Amina's condition is stable and she is speaking freely, she has limited use of her left leg and her left hand is non-functional, her father said.

APRIL 23, 2025ByWALLA!, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Amina Al Hassuni from Al Fura'a was released from the rehabilitation unit at Tel Hashomer after a year of treatment since she was fatally injured in the head by shrapnel on the night of the first Iranian attack.

Soroka-University Medical Center saves bones and lives with new special department

The new study examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.

APRIL 14, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
DR. URI YOEL of the Soroka Medical Center conducted a new study that examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.