Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar slammed Iran on Thursday, calling its strike on Soroka Hospital a “war crime.”
Sa’ar spoke to reporters outside the hospital, where more than 70 people were injured in the morning attack.
“Behind me you can see the surgery building,” Sa’ar said. “It is a building in which every day, the medical team, the doctors, are making tremendous efforts to save human lives. This is exactly the place where the Iranian regime targeted—a civilian hospital. This is clearly a war crime.”
He said the strike showed Iran’s true intentions. “They are deliberately targeting civilians—children, elderly people, non-military sites. It is unacceptable,” Sa’ar declared.
He also promised that Israel’s response would not let up. “We have a very detailed plan. We know what we do,” he said. “We will continue to hit nuclear objectives. We will continue to hit ballistic missile objectives.”
“And we will not stop for even one minute before we complete the mission.”