Israeli PM Netanyahu At Iranian Bombing Site In Beersheba Lauds Trump For Support To Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba on Thursday, after it was struck by an Iranian missile that damaged its surgical ward. More than 70 people from the Soroka Medical Center were wounded, where smoke rose as emergency teams evacuated patients.
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