A channel associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards published a new claim regarding the direct hit on Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva: "We attacked a medical facility for soldiers at a military hospital, in response to attacks on civilian hospitals in the Gaza Strip." Earlier, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported that "Iran's target in the latest barrage was the IDF intelligence headquarters in the Gav-Yam High-Tech Park, which is adjacent to Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva."