Hospital Israeli took patients for underground hours before the impact of missile
Israel launched an air war against Iran last Friday, calling it preventive attack designed to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran has denied plans to develop such weapons and retaliated by throwing counter-attacks against Israel.
The hospital team said the explosion was so strong that it was played backwards. On the afternoon of Thursday, they were sitting in the hospital courtyard watching videos showing large clouds of smoke.
Israel’s Ministry of Health said 71 people were injured in the attack, most of them suffering minor injuries or panic attacks as they ran to take shelter. The hospital staff evacuated the patients and isolated damaged areas.
The hospital began to remove patients from some buildings in recent days as part of emergency precautions in response to Iranian attacks. Since then, it has limited admissions to life -threatening cases only.
Damaged building patients were taken to an underground installation a few hours before the attack, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health of Israel.
Yogev Vizman, who went to the scene shortly after the explosion, said he witnessed “total destruction” when he arrived. “The whole building was on fire … Everything crumbled,” said Vizman. “I’m sad, it’s like my house, they just destroyed our house … I never thought there would be a direct attack on a hospital.”
