Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams has donated $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered extensive damage following an Iranian missile strike in June.

Adams announced the donation to Soroka University Medical Center during an Israeli cabinet meeting on Sunday.

The hospital, which serves the Negev desert region in southern Israel, was hit by a missile on June 19, at the height of the 12-day war with Iran.

“Our response to Iran is to rebuild bigger and better. Right where the missiles fell, we will build a state-of-the-art hospital in Beersheba, the capital of the Negev, which will be one of the most advanced in the Middle East,” Adams said.

The donation is part of a broader NIS 1-billion (approximately C$300-million) initiative to improve the health-care system in

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