Iran deliberately targeted the Soroka hospital - this wasn't a mistake (analysis)

This morning an Iranian ballistic missile slammed into the Soroka medical complex in Beersheba causing massive damage and (likely) casualties.

Iran's PressTV claims:

In a statement, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said strategic missiles and suicide drones were used in tandem on Thursday, primarily targeting a key command and intelligence center of the Israeli military near one of the hospitals, making the direct impact.

The statement added that the intelligence and high-precision power of missiles belonging to the Iranian armed forces is for the whole world to see now, noting that the entire occupied territories have been turned into a military fortress now.

Does this claim hold up?

There are no Israeli military facilities in the vicinity of Soroka Hospital. The IDF’s Southern Command base is located over two kilometers away.

There is a high tech industrial park, Gav-Yam, about 1.5 km away from Soroka, that might have some military applications being developed there. 

Iranian missiles are accurate. They simply cannot make a mistake that is over  kilometer from the intended target. Missile accuracy is rated by Circular Error Probable (CEP) - the radius around a target that 50% of all missiles would hit. The CEP for Iranian ballistic missiles range from 5-10 meters to, inthe case of older missiles, 50-100 meters.

The chances that the missile was aimed at anything other than the hospital are extremely small. Even if the missile was partially intercepted, it would land within a couple of hundred meters of the intended target, not 1.5 or 2 km away.

Between the hospital and the technology park are dormitories, a sports center and a beer factory.

The IRGC itself is bragging that the missile hit accurately: "the intelligence and high-precision power of missiles belonging to the Iranian armed forces is for the whole world to see now."

To get a better idea of pure Iranian evil, the PressTV report is proudly claiming that there were more civilian casualties than have been officially reported so far: "The regime in Tel Aviv has imposed ban on publication of any report regarding casualties or collateral damage, however, some reports put the death toll on Thursday at over 50."

Putting it all together, it is nearly impossible for the target of the missiles (and, they claim, drones) to have been anything other than the hospital itself. 

As we've noted,  Iran's war strategy has been psychological. By targeting a hospital and maximizing casualties, they are hoping that the people of Israel will rise up against the government, projecting the way their own people are responding to the ineffectiveness of their own air defenses. 

It is true that they are also targeting some military infrastructure. But the many missiles that have hit purely residential neighborhoods and, now, a well known hospital prove that Iran is deliberately targeting civilians as a major part of its war effort.

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