Hospitals say a number of children in serious condition after deadly Hezbollah rocket attack

A number of children injured in yesterday’s rocket attack on Majdal Shams are in serious condition in pediatric intensive care units in the north, many with life-changing injuries.

Prof. Salman Zarka, director of Ziv Medical Center in Safed, says 30 injured arrived in the aftermath of the attack, with 15 still hospitalized.

He tells Channel 12 news that three of them are in serious condition. A number are expected to undergo additional surgeries throughout the day.

“Sadly we are used to mass casualty events, but it’s children. It’s a massive tragedy for the area,” he tells Channel 12.

Professor Danny Eitan, director of Children’s Intensive Care Unit at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa says there are three children in serious condition in the pediatric intensive care unit who underwent surgery overnight.

“A difficult evening and night. Five injured arrived at Rambam, of which four were taken to surgery and then transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit,” he tells Channel 12.

“Most of the injured arrived with multi-system injuries from shrapnel,” he says. “At the moment, three people are still in serious condition, sedated and ventilated in the pediatric intensive care unit.”

“They underwent surgery for a large part of the night. They have multi-system injuries, to their heads and bodies. In the coming days we will focus on stabilizing them. We hope for a speedy recovery,” he says.

“It’s been a long time since we saw a group of children who were affected by such severe trauma,” he says.