Hospital says condition of child wounded in Saturday missile attack has improved; 5 children, 1 adult still serious

Soroka Medical Center says the condition of the 12-year-old boy seriously wounded after the Iranian missile strike in Dimona on Saturday night has improved. He has been transferred from the pediatric intensive care unit to the pediatric surgical department.

Five children and one adult who were injured in the strike in Arad soon after the Dimona strike are still hospitalized in serious condition, the hospital says.

Also at the hospital are four children and seven adults in moderate and good condition, suffering from injuries caused by cluster munitions and other falling fragments.

The Health Ministry reports that in the past 24 hours, 153 injured people were taken to hospitals as a result of the conflict with Iran and Hezbollah.

Two were in serious condition, two were in moderate condition, and 140 were in good condition. Eight people were treated for anxiety.

A total of 4,713 people have been taken to hospitals since the start of the conflict.

The ministry does not give a breakdown of the causes of injuries, and some might have been sustained by people trying to reach shelters, rather than as a direct result of missile fire.