FM Sa’ar in a statement to the foreign media at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, the site of an Iranian missile strike: "This is clearly a war crime."
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar gave a statement to the foreign media today (Thursday, 19 June 2025) from Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva, site of an Iranian missile strike.
FM Sa’ar said: "Behind me you can see the surgery building. 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. It reflects the Iranian regime's consistent strategy, they are deliberately targeting civilian population, civilian targets, civilians, children, elderly peopl. It is unacceptable.
During the last hours, I received many phone calls from foreign ministers from around the world condemning this crime. But it's just an example. Because the Iranians are doing this time and again during the last days. We are attacking military objectives, nuclear program objectives, ballistic missile objectives. And they are specifically and deliberately targeting civilians.
I want to strengthen the hospital, the management of the hospital, and the medical teams who continue to do the sacred work they are doing for everyone’s health. And I want to make it clear - this strategy won't work. We will continue with our operation in Iran. We have a very detailed plan. We know what we do. 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".