A man in his 60s was killed Friday night in Tel Aviv after being struck by shrapnel from an Iranian cluster missile that targeted central Israel.
Emergency responders from Magen David Adom arrived at the scene and were forced to declare the victim dead shortly after assessing his condition.
MDA Senior EMT Shai Bachar said, “When we arrived at the scene, we saw a man in his 60s lying on the ground, unconscious and suffering from very severe injuries. We provided him with medical treatment, but his injuries were critical and we had no choice but to pronounce him dead at the scene. At the same time, additional MDA teams are searching the scene to ensure there are no other casualties.”
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Police officials later confirmed that the man had not been inside a protected shelter when the missile struck.
Elsewhere in central Israel, two additional individuals sustained light injuries and were treated by paramedics before being transported to hospitals. They were taken to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and Wolfson Hospital in Holon for further care.
MDA Medicycle Unit EMT Anwar Sharkawi said, “When we arrived at the scene, we rescued two men in their 50s from a residential building in mild to moderate condition, suffering from blast injuries and facial trauma. They told us the impact was on the roof of the building, which caused damage to the apartment, and they were injured while on their way to a shelter. We provided them with medical treatment, and evacuated them to the hospital in stable condition.”
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Authorities reported at least 11 separate impact locations across central Israel from the cluster missile, including one in Petach Tikva where a building sustained damage.
The attack, which occurred at approximately 11:45 p.m., set off warning sirens across central Israel, as well as in Yerushalayim and the Ashdod region.
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Earlier in the evening, a separate Iranian launch triggered alarms in southern Israel. That missile was successfully intercepted, though falling debris from the interception caused additional incidents on the ground.
In those earlier strikes, MDA teams treated two people for minor shrapnel-related injuries, including a 37-year-old man and a woman in her 20s. Both were transported to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva for treatment.
“…they were injured while on their way to a shelter.”
Unfortunately, the Home Front Command is so passionate about its guidelines, it discourages common sense. Even their video with guidelines for elderly or disabled people (who either cannot manage the stairs or cannot make it to a protected space in time) offered nothing useful.
So many people have been injured trying to make their way to a protected space, when they would’ve been fine sheltering in place.
And then there was the woman who gave birth in the hospital parking lot during a siren, causing hospital staff to come outside and expose themselves to danger and endangered the baby’s life, because she and her husband, with the best of intentions, followed the guidelines during the drive and stopped by the roadside.
People have also been killed in an underground bomb shelter or mamad room.
Many times, it’s better to shelter in place and say Tehillim, especially 91. It really depends on one’s situation.