“A great miracle from heaven” – Survivors of missile strike on Israeli hospital say hundreds of lives were saved by last-minute decision to shut down entire floor of the surgical ward and relocate staff and patients.
Survivors of an Iranian missile attack on a hospital in southern Israel say a decision by the Health Ministry less than a day earlier saved the lives of dozens or potentially even hundreds of patients and hospital staff members, in what some called a “miraculous” near-miss.
Just after 7:00 a.m. on Thursday, a ballistic missile launched from Iran slammed into the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, part of a volley including between 20 to 30 missiles.
Hospital officials say the building suffered heavy structural damage in the attack, but added that only one injury has been reported thus far.
