Last-minute decision saves hundreds of lives at Israeli hospital June 19, 2025Iranian ballistic missile scores direct hit on Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel, June 19, 2025. (X)XLast-minute decision saves hundreds of lives at Israeli hospital Tweet Join Group Join WhatsApp Group Email https://worldisraelnews.com/last-minute-decision-saves-hundreds-of-lives-at-israeli-hospital/ Email Print “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.By World Israel News StaffSurvivors 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.The victim, a patient of the hospital, was lightly injured in the attack.The attack came just hours after Israeli Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov ordered Soroka’s administration to evacuate the third floor of the building, used for surgeries.Bar Siman-Tov issued the directive after ministry officials concluded that the third floor was “not safe” given the possibility of missile attacks by Iran.Read Grandfather dies of wounds 3 months after Iranian missile attackPatients and staff were relocated from the third floor to lower floors deemed to be less exposed to danger in the event of a missile attack.A volunteer worker at Soroka, Sarah Bushri, told Israel’s public broadcaster, Kan, that the near-miss was a “miracle from heaven.”“We thought the explosion was right inside the ward. Everything fell apart. Glass, ceilings – everything fell.”“We evacuated everyone and fortunately not a single patient was hurt, even though there was glass on the beds.”“We quickly took all the patients to a lower floor and to protected areas,” Bushri continued. “We received a great miracle from heaven.” iranian missile attacksMoshe Bar-Siman-TovSoroka hospitalSoroka Medical Center
