JERUSALEM: Israeli medics said 59 people were wounded in an Iranian missile strike Saturday on the southern town of Arad, raising initial casualty figures.
“Paramedics are providing medical treatment and transporting 59 patients to hospitals via dozens of ambulances,” Israel’s Magen David Adom first responders said.
Channel 12, citing an Israeli military source: The warhead of the Iranian missile that targeted Arad weighs 450 kilograms. pic.twitter.com/Ka3CoqId73
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“Among them are 6 patients in serious condition, 13 patients in moderate condition, and 40 patients in mild condition,” it added.
