Two experts who were asked by BBC Verify to assess images showing the aftermath of the Iranian missile strike at the Soroka Hospital in southern Israel have told us it looks like the strike was a direct hit. As we reported earlier, we sent aftermath footage to several munitions experts to assess the damage.

Israel’s defense minister threatened Iran’s supreme leader after Iranian missiles damaged a hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv.

Iran and Israel traded attacks early Thursday as their war continued to intensify nearly a week after it began. Israel expressed outrage at an Iranian missile striking the largest hospital in southern Israel.