Israel’s military headquarters were hit after Iran’s Islamic Republic launched a barrage of missiles targeting central Tel Aviv late Friday night, inflicting extensive damage on the complex known as the Kiryat, which serves as Israel’s equivalent of the Pentagon.
Footage circulating on social media depicted a missile strike impacting an area that houses multiple military installations, including the main command center of the Israel Defense Forces.
The videos showed interceptor missiles being launched moments before a blinding flash, a loud explosion, and the detonation of an incoming warhead.
“This is Israel’s version of the Pentagon, the Kiryat, and the building on this compound was just hit,” said Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst, reporting from the location.
Following the destruction of IDF’s Kiryat, Israel has reportedly set up new headquarter under the Ichilove Hospital in Tel Aviv.
🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡Israel’s Channel 13:
” The War Cabinet meeting tonight will take place in the new IDF fortified HQ under Ichilov hospital that is safe from Iranian missiles, after defense ministry was struck last night which is no longer safe.
The Ichilov hospital is a military base in… pic.twitter.com/6lE7NoI6bt
— Monitor𝕏 (@MonitorX99800) June 14, 2025
Tunnels and IDF headquarters under a hospital . . . Every accusation is a confession. https://t.co/33YPOLUcFr
— Kathleen Tyson (@Kathleen_Tyson_) June 14, 2025
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, commonly referred to as Ichilov Hospital is the largest teaching hospital and general hospital serving Tel Aviv, Israel and its metropolitan area and is the second-largest hospital complex in the country.
Israeli army using underground of hospitals as a military base pic.twitter.com/OGSsBo9Z41
— Furkan Gözükara (@GozukaraFurkan) June 14, 2025
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Israel’s attacks, which began on Friday, were aimed at sabotaging nuclear talks with the U.S. that were to resume in Oman on Sunday, and which have now been cancelled. He said Israel’s attacks had the support of the U.S. and that Iran was acting only in self-defense.
Araqchi has previously said the Oman talks could not take place while Iran was being subjected to Israel’s “barbarous” attacks.
