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Targeting US bases is easier for Iran than confronting Israel directly, Ahmad Naderi, a member of the Iranian parliament's presidium, said on Thursday.

He warned that if Washington directly joins the war, Iran will strike American bases in the region, which he described as "fully within reach." Naderi also raised the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz and reconsidering Iran’s participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if pressure continues to mount.

The Israeli military rejected Iranian account Thursday that Soroka Medical Center housed military facilities, calling them “lies” and saying, “We are not so despicable as to endanger civilians.”

“The claim of an intelligence base or military equipment under the hospital is another lie. Attacking hospitals is a crime. Fabricating a reason does not justify it,” the military said in a Persian-language statement addressed to Iranians.

Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva was struck by an Iranian missile earlier Thursday, causing extensive damage and injuries.

An Israeli intelligence and command center near a hospital was struck, using drones and missiles, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said Thursday.

"The vast command and intelligence base was located in the Gav-Yam Negev technology park, adjacent to Soroka Medical Center in Beer Sheva," state news agency IRNA cited the IRGC as saying.

Israel earlier confirmed Soroka was directly hit.

“The entire sky of the occupied territories is defenseless and there will be no safe," warned the IRGC.

The Israeli military published footage Thursday of its morning strike on Iran’s Arak heavy-water reactor.

Iran had informed the IAEA it planned to activate the facility next year.

The army said it targeted the component “intended for plutonium production, in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development.”

Emergency teams in Ramat Gan, central Israel, responded Thursday to damage caused by the new wave of Iranian missile attacks.

Israeli air defense systems activated to intercept incoming projectiles during the assault.