19 remain hospitalized day after Hezbollah drone attack on northern border town

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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18 April 2024, 9:13 am

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

A drone fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon hits a a community center in the northern border community of Arab al-Aramshe on April 17, 2023 (Screen capture X: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Nineteen of the wounded from yesterday’s explosive drone attack from Lebanon on the northern town of Arab al-Aramshe are still hospitalized at Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.

All the victims are suffering from blast or shrapnel injuries, or both. One is in critical condition in the intensive care unit.

Three are in serious but stable condition and are also in the ICU. The rest of the wounded are in good to moderate condition and are in the surgical and orthopedic wards.

According to Dr. Michael Wiess, head of the hospital’s trauma unit, five of the injured underwent surgery yesterday.