16-year-old remains in serious condition after surgery for spine and head injuries sustained in Ra’anana attack

Renee Ghert-Zand is the health reporter and a feature writer for The Times of Israel.

Israeli police forensics personnel inspect the area around a damaged car following a terrorist ramming attack in the central town of Ra'anana, on January 15, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Israeli police forensics personnel inspect the area around a damaged car following a terrorist ramming attack in the central town of Ra'anana, on January 15, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

The hospitals treating the victims of the terror attack in Ra’anana earlier today provide updates on their condition.

At Schneider Children’s Medical Center, a 16-year-old boy, who underwent surgery for spine and head injuries, remains in very serious condition and is now being cared for in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Eight more children are still at the hospital, four of them in light to moderate condition and admitted to the hospital’s surgical ward. The other four are still in the emergency department undergoing assessment.

Three victims with varying degrees of injury are at Beilinson Hospital. A man in his 60s is unstable and in life-threatening condition, sedated, and intubated in the ICU. A man in his 30s is in serious condition and is currently undergoing orthopedic surgery. A female victim has very light injuries.

Meir Medical Center reports that it is treating four victims of the attack, two of them in very serious condition. One is a woman who is sedated and intubated and recently came out of surgery for a broken pelvis and extremities. Two more people are in moderate condition. A boy who was lightly injured was treated in the pediatric emergency department and has already been discharged.

At Ichilov Hospital, a 47-year-old man has had surgery on his leg and has been transferred to the orthopedic department. A man in his 20s is also hospitalized in the orthopedic department and is expected to undergo surgery later this evening. Both men are said to be in light to moderate condition.

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