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Israeli hospital, Tel Aviv area struck after Iranian missile attack

Israeli security forces gather by a damaged minibus at the scene of a building that was hit by an Iranian missile in Israel's central city of Holon on June 19, 2025. [AFP]

A hospital in southern Israel and two towns near Tel Aviv were struck after a barrage of Iranian missiles on Thursday morning, with rescuers reporting at least 47 people injured in the latest attacks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran would "pay a heavy price" after the strike on Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in southern Israel, while Defence Minister Israel Katz said the army had been ordered to "intensify" strikes on Iran.

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