7-year-old girl critically injured in Iranian missile attack in March released from hospital

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23 April 2026, 2:45 pm

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Reporter at The Times of Israel

The 7-year-old girl who was critically injured in an Iranian missile attack in Arad in March is released from hospital in a picture published on April 23, 2026. (Schneider Children's Hospital)

The 7-year-old girl who was critically injured in an Iranian ballistic missile strike in Arad in March has been discharged from Schneider Children’s Medical Center after a series of surgeries and is in good condition.

“We went through moments that cannot be described in words,” the girl’s father says. “We saw our daughter fighting for her life.”

The child suffered from extensive bleeding due to shards of glass when a window shattered as a result of the impact.

Dr. Michael Gurvitz, director of the Schneider Liver Transplant Unit who operated on the girl, said that she had “a complex, multi-system injury with immediate life-threatening consequences.”