Over a dozen, including three-year-old, wounded after rocket strikes Tel Aviv area
16 people were lightly wounded by glass shards from a rocket crash in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area, following rocket sirens sounding across central Israel at 3:50 a.m. due to a launch from Yemen, Magen-David Adom (MDA) stated.
14 others sustained minor injuries on their way to protected areas, and seven suffered from anxiety, who were also treated by MDA.
MDA said that ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and medicycle EMTs were dispatched to the scene.
The wounded were evacuated to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, all in stable condition, MDA reported.
MDA paramedics Noam Weisbuch and senior EMT Noa Shimony shared, “The scene was complex as the blast impact affected apartments in the nearby buildings.”
“Initially, several mildly injured patients from glass shards and people suffering from anxiety arrived. We conducted searches in the apartments, treated and evacuated 16 lightly injured individuals from the scene, including a 3-year-old girl, and also treated those affected by anxiety.”
Security forces, police investigating
Authorities identified the area where the rocket had impacted. All information is still under investigation.
The Israel Police said in a statement that it received multiple reports “regarding the fall of weapon fragments in one of the communities in the Tel Aviv District.
“At this stage, no injuries have been reported, but property damage has occurred.”
Bomb squad units are currently working to isolate the impact sites.
This is a developing story.