Numerous rockets were fired toward Jerusalem this afternoon. One landed in the town of Beitar Illit, injuring several people, including children. Hadassah is treating six of the wounded:
- A man in serious condition with an abdominal injury. He was immediately taken to the operating room while being resuscitated.
- An 11-year-old boy with a shrapnel injury, conscious and moderately wounded
- A woman, 56, in moderate condition
- A 6-year-old boy, lightly injured
- A man and woman, also lightly injured
Hadassah doctors are currently operating on a man who was seriously injured in his stomach when a rocket landed in Abu Ghosh, a town just west of Jerusalem.