As Iran launched another salvo of missiles to target Israel on Thursday evening, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi asked the Israeli citizens “to heed evacuation orders”.
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The advice came after Iran vowed to continue responding to the Israeli aggression and the effective strikes in the morning, which hit some of the military and financial interests in Tel Aviv.
In a message posted on X, Araghchi said, “We call on Israelis to heed our evacuation orders before strikes and to avoid proximity to military and intelligence sites.”
“Our powerful Armed Forces will continue to pummel the criminals who target our people until they cease and pay for their criminal aggression against our nation.
About the damage caused to a hospital in the process, he said the Iranian armed forces had “accurately eliminated” an Israeli military command, control and intelligence headquarter as well as another vital target.
“The blast wave caused superficial damage to a small section of the nearby, and largely evacuated, Soroka Military Hospital.”
In this connection, he explained that the facility was mainly used to treat Israeli soldiers engaged in the genocide in Gaza 25 miles away, “where Israel has destroyed or damaged 94 per cent of Palestinian hospitals.”
