Magen David Adom says its paramedics treated 2,842 people across Israel during Yom Kippur, including three lightly hurt by the force of a rocket that exploded in the Western Galilee.
Another 12 people were hurt while running to shelters amid rocket attacks, the ambulance service adds.
According to MDA, 1,969 people who required medical attention were taken to hospitals for further treatment, including 286 patients who fainted, were dehydrated or otherwise feeling ill due to the fast.
Over 500 people were hurt while riding bikes, scooters, skateboards or rollerblading, including six seriously. Dozens were injured in car crashes, among them 11 people in serious condition.
MDA also reports that it brought 146 women to medical centers to give birth and that paramedics helped deliver a child in the ambulance while headed to a hospital.
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