One man in his 50s and another in his 30s were wounded following sirens that sounded in central Israel on Tuesday, Magen David Adom (MDA) said.
The man in his 50s sustained moderate wounds from shrapnel, according to the MDA. The man in his 30s reportedly sustained light wounds.
The MDA added that its paramedics provided medical care and transferred the two men, a bus driver and a private vehicle driver, to the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva.
Paramedics also reportedly provided treatment on-site to several individuals suffering from anxiety.
MDA paramedics Yissachar Weiss and Matan Gida recounted what they saw upon arrival at the scene.
The site of a projectile crash in central Israel. October 1, 2024. (Credit: MDA Operational Unit)
“We arrived at the scene and saw signs of an explosion on the road, with a bus standing nearby on the side of the road, its windows shattered due to shrapnel.
The 54-year-old bus driver was fully conscious and had shrapnel wounds to his head and chest, likely from shrapnel that entered through the bus door. While performing rescue operations, we provided medical treatment to the driver, and after he was extricated, we transported him in an MDA mobile intensive care unit to the hospital in stable condition,” they said.
Head of United Hatzalah’s Elad branch, Moshe Saadon, said at the scene. “We provided initial medical aid to a man, approximately 50 years old, who sustained a head injury due to shrapnel.
“At this stage, his condition is defined as moderate and stable. Fire department teams are operating at the scene due to the nature of the incident,” he further noted.
Police said it was operating at several scenes in which debris impacts had been reported in the Sharon area, among which was one in the Ramat Hasharon area.
Following the sirens, the IDF said the alerts had been triggered due to projectiles that had been fired at Israel from Lebanon, with some of them being intercepted.
Multiple rocket sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel starting at 11:03 a.m. local time on Tuesday.
Sirens blared in Ra’anana, Petah Tikva, and Herzliya, among other localities.
This is a developing story.
