Iran says US military strikes near children’s cancer hospital, forcing chaotic emergency evacuation of 211 patients | World News
Hospital director Reza Bazar claimed that the US military attacks on Ahvaz city put the hospital out of service, Al Jazeera reported, citing Tehran’s Fars news agency. There were no reports of casualties in the bombing. Shahid Baqaei Hospital, a children’s cancer treatment centre in Ahvaz, was evacuated last night after the US attacked a nearby location. This barbaric attack, reminiscent of Israel’s atrocities against healthcare facilities, caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the… pic.twitter.com/xv3W7SY2X9 — Esmaeil Baqaei (@IRIMFA_SPOX) July 16, 2026 Official condemnation compares strike to medical site warfare Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei called the US military strikes near the children’s cancer hospital “barbaric”, adding that it “caused severe suffering and anxiety” among hospitalised children. Video footage shows a children’s cancer hospital in Ahvaz being evacuated after US strikes hit areas close by. pic.twitter.com/HTErmJZuBr — IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 16, 2026 Baqaei added, “This barbaric attack, reminiscent of Israel’s atrocities against healthcare facilities, caused severe suffering and anxiety among the hospitalised children and forced the emergency evacuation of 211 patients …









