Iranian Disinformation Spread to Justify Hospital Attack in Southern Israel
An Iranian missile hit Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba, causing damage and injuring civilians. In response, Iranian state-run media and pro-regime actors spread disinformation to justify the attack.
Early Thursday morning, a ballistic missile launched by Iran struck Israel’s Soroka Hospital in the city of Beer Sheba, alongside several other locations in central Israel. The missile attack caused significant damage, particularly to buildings at the hospital, although the reported injuries were mostly light and attributed to the shockwave caused by the blast.
In response, Iran’s state news agency Fars issued claims regarding the attack that were exposed as disinformation. According to Fars, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had targeted two Israeli intelligence buildings in Tel Aviv, and it was the shockwave from that strike that had affected Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheba. However, this narrative soon unraveled under scrutiny, with several inconsistencies and factual errors pointing to the claim’s lack of credibility.
Discrepancies in Iranian Reporting
Gabriel Epstein, a Policy & Communications Associate at the Israel Policy Forum, pointed out several critical flaws in the Iranian report. First, as Epstein highlighted, Soroka Hospital is located in Beer Sheba, not Tel Aviv—a detail that is hard to overlook, given the two cities’ 110-kilometer distance apart. As such, it would be nearly impossible for a shockwave from an attack on Tel Aviv to reach Soroka, unless a nuclear weapon were involved
Further examination of the Iranian report revealed more issues. Epstein noted that the map provided by Fars labeled streets around Soroka Hospital that do not exist in Beer Sheba. For instance, Eli Cohen Boulevard, marked on the map, is nowhere to be found in the city, and while Rager Boulevard is real, it was incorrectly placed relative to the hospital’s location. This geographical mistake raised further doubts about the authenticity of Fars' account.
The map also inaccurately placed the Gav Yam Tech Park to the north of Soroka, while in reality, it is located 1.5 kilometers northeast of the hospital. These discrepancies underscored the likelihood that Fars’ reporting was intentionally misleading audiences in order to justify the attack.
Geolocated Evidence Contradicts Iranian Claims
The most compelling evidence against Fars' story comes from visual documentation. Multiple geolocated videos and photos, including clear shots of Soroka's sign amidst the smoke, show that the hospital suffered a direct missile hit. These images, along with the footage of the missile slamming into the building, clearly demonstrate that Soroka was not merely affected by a shockwave, but was the direct target of the attack. This evidence dispels the claim that Soroka was only impacted by the shockwave from a distant strike.
A Propaganda Failure
Fars News Agency's account has become a prime example of disinformation, one that was quickly debunked by those closely analyzing the situation. With over 1.8 million subscribers on its Telegram channel, Fars has a large reach, making the spread of disinformation all the more potent. However, the glaring inconsistencies in its reporting have not gone unnoticed.
Despite Iran's efforts to deflect blame and shift the narrative surrounding the missile strike, the available evidence paints a clear picture. Soroka Hospital was directly targeted in the attack, and the missile caused significant damage to the facility. Yet, Iran’s propaganda has failed to provide a convincing or credible explanation for the attack, instead relying on a series of easily debunked claims that have been thoroughly scrutinized.
⚠️ Israeli Media Confirms:
Full evacuation of Soroka Hospital is underway after a hazardous materials leak, following an Iranian missile strike.
This isn’t just a “strike.”
This is a self-own of epic proportions.
The real target?
According to Iranian sources, the missile was aimed at an Israeli army command and intelligence HQ adjacent to Soroka.
And now multiple reports indicate that what was hit is a biological research facility—a sensitive military-security site operating next to the hospital.
So let’s follow the regime’s own logic:
• If hazardous materials are leaking after a strike,
• If you’re evacuating the entire hospital not because it was hit, but because of the building next to it,
• And that building was part of a military intelligence-biological weapons complex,
Then congratulations:
You just admitted to embedding military infrastructure inside civilian zones—exactly what you accuse others of.
Let’s talk about Soroka:
• It’s not just a hospital.
• It’s a de facto military site, treating occupation militants wounded while committing genocide in Gaza.
• That already violates the Geneva Conventions.
• Civilian medical facilities must remain separate from combat operations.
But now we know:
It’s co-located with a military intelligence hub and a bio-research facility.
That’s not a hospital. That’s a compound.
And Israeli media?
Suddenly panicking about “hospital strikes.”
While Telegram channels :
“Who heard that a missile hit a hospital building? Or that people were laughing about deaths!!!!”
Let’s talk about audacity:
• Gaza has no functioning hospitals left.
• Over 500 medical workers killed.
• Entire healthcare system systematically erased.
• Israeli spokespeople called it “surgical.”
But now—now—you want the world to mourn Soroka?
🩸 Spare us the crocodile tears.
You leveled Gaza’s hospitals with lies about “dual-use.”
Now your actual dual-use site is unraveling—and you expect sympathy?
This isn’t a humanitarian crisis.
This is a security breach at a militarized facility.
A fallout of your own genocidal infrastructure.
The irony would be laughable—if it weren’t soaked in blood.