The impact caused several fires and damaged the facade of the building, but – according to preliminary information of the city authorities and the police – did not cause fatalities or serious injuries.
Negw High-Tech Park is the heart of the Israeli “Cyber-Clast”. In addition to Microsoft, they operate there, among others Defense companies and IDF laboratories. The Iranian Tasnim Agency suggested that the attack was to weaken the Israeli infrastructure of the information war. The park itself advertises itself as the most modern R&D center in the country, connecting business, university and army.
Firing
According to Israeli Air Force, it was the second Salva that day. Most of the approx. 20 missiles were shot down by Arrow 3 and David's Sling on the Dead Sea and Southern Coast, but one missile-probably the Ghadr-110 variant armed with a cassette head-slipped out of defense and exploded over the beer seam. Long War Journal analysis confirms at least two strokes: in Beer Szewie and in the Hajfy port.
Immediately after the launch of the rocket, the internal front command ordered the inhabitants of the south of the country “immediately enter the protected spaces and stay there until further notice”. Firefighters mastered the fire within an hour. Seven inhabitants suffered slight injuries from shards and smoke.
Traffic traffic at the Beer Szewa-North-University station was suspended for three hours due to track damage.
The attack confirmed the body of the guardians of the Islamic Revolution, describing it as “retaliation for Israeli raids on nuclear objects in Isfahan, Natanz and Tehran.” Tehran announces more strokes.
Losses and wider context
From the beginning of the conflict, at least 24 Israeli civilians and over 600 Iranians were killed, and hundreds of people were injured. The day before the fire of the park, the rocket hit the Soroka hospital in Beer Szewie. That same night, a different head seriously damaged the laboratories of the Weizmanna Institute at Tel Aviv, which the scientists described as “a blow in the decades of research”.
Despite Tehran's tendency signals to talk, both sides announce further military actions. The United States is considering support options for Israel, and the European Union calls for immediate suspension of weapons.
Escalation transfers a conflict with Gaza and Syria into the territory of both countries, hitting symbolic and economically key objects -From scientific laboratories to high-tech industry centers. In these conditions, each subsequent missile not only carries a threat to life, but also the risk of suppressing an innovative ecosystem, which Israel built its international brand.
