Netanyahu says son's cancelled wedding a 'personal cost' of Iran attacks

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared the losses of Israelis impacted during missile exchanges with Iran to his son's cancelled wedding plans.

The comments were made during a media appearance at the Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, which was impacted earlier on Thursday after an Iranian missile hit a nearby target. 

"The entire people of Israel are paying a price. We are going through a blitz, and we are going through it in an astonishing way. There are personal costs, people have been hurt, families have lost their loved ones.

"Each of us bears a personal cost, and this did not escape my family - this is the second time that Benny Avner has cancelled a wedding due to missile threats. It is a personal cost for his fiancée as well, and I must say that my dear wife is a hero, and she bears a personal cost."