Black smoke was still billowing from the middle of the Soroka Medical Center when we arrived, several hours after Iran's attack on the building.
Pieces of twisted metal shrapnel – some of it apparently from the missile itself – scattered across a 200m (656ft) area in and around the hospital complex.
Vehicles carrying medical staff lined the road outside – an emergency response to a situation that many had feared would be worse.
Crowds of soldiers, police and rescue teams milled around the hospital entrances, as a stream of ministers arrived to express their outrage at the strike.
Alon Uzi was wandering around outside the hospital entrance with two bags of belongings.
