on Friday 20 June, 2025
ICRC says ‘hospitals must be respected’ after Iran strike on Israel
Smoke billows from a building at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in southern Israel following an Iranian missile attack, on June 19, 2025. (AFP)
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday that “hospitals must be respected” after a hospital in southern Israel was hit during an Iranian missile attack on day seven of the war.
“Under international humanitarian law, the wounded and sick, medical personnel and hospitals must be respected and protected,” the ICRC said on X after the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba was hit.
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