Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real Military Base Under Soroka Hospital, Israel

Did a video shared widely in June 2025 show a real military base under Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, Israel? No, that's not true: The computer-generated animation began as a satirical reference to earlier Israeli claims about the secretion of missiles in civilian contexts. The hospital was hit by an Iranian missile strike on June 19.

The claim appeared in a June 19, 2025, post on X, which consisted of a 20-second computer animation of a building with military tanks hidden underneath it, and the following text caption:

🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 The underground military base at Soroka Hospital

The post, including the clip, can be viewed below:

🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 The underground military base at Soroka Hospital pic.twitter.com/WCC3nVjv8e

-- The Saviour (@stairwayto3dom) June 19, 2025

In reality, that was not an authentic depiction of a real military base, but rather something that was originally created and shared as a satirical reference to Israel's earlier claim that Hezbollah hides missiles in civilian homes in Lebanon.

In September 2024, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) published a computer animation intended to depict what they described as Hezbollah's "way of firing missiles from civilian homes":

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(Source: YouTube screenshot)

In response to that illustration, X user @nationaljuche posted satirical computer-generated graphics showing F-35 fighter jets hidden in civilian homes:

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(Source: X screenshot)

They posted a similar satirical computer illustration when a fire broke out in a residential building in Tel Aviv, in October 2024:

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(Source: X screenshot)

And when Iranian missiles struck Soroka Medical Center on June 19, 2025, @nationaljuche posted a fake computer-generated animation of tanks hidden under the hospital:

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(Source: X screenshot)

That X post was the earliest instance of the video, which -- along with @nationaljuche's record of posting similar fake, parodic animations -- indicates that it was originally created and first published with satirical intent.

However, stripped from that original context, others mistakenly understood the video to be either an authentic illustration of a real military base, or an earnest attempt to justify the Iranian missile strike on Soroka Medical Center. In fact, it was neither.