Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that “Iran’s supreme leader can no longer be allowed to exist” after a hospital was hit by an Iranian missile attack on Thursday, raising tensions in the already raging war. a week.

According to international agencies, Iranian missiles hit a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, injuring at least 240 people. As rescuers pulled patients from the burning hospital, Israeli warplanes launched their latest strike against the country's nuclear program.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran “will pay a heavy price” for the hospital attack, while Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning, “Khamenei openly declares that he wants to destroy Israel; he himself gives the order to fire on hospitals.”

Israel Katz blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for Thursday’s attack, saying the military “has been instructed and knows that to achieve all its goals, this man must not continue to exist.”

While it was unclear whether U.S. President Donald Trump would order U.S. forces to join Israel’s sweeping campaign against Iran’s military and nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was confident Trump would “do what is best for the United States.”

“I can tell you that you are already helping a lot,” Netanyahu said from the rubble and broken glass around Soroka Medical Center in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

So, as President Donald Trump considers a US intervention, Soroka Hospital in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba was set ablaze after a bombing that Iran said targeted a military and intelligence base.

However, Iran’s ally Russia told the US that joining the conflict would be an “extremely dangerous step.”