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Medics say Arad wounded include 5-year-old girl in serious condition
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Emergency responders at a building in the southern city of Arad that was damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile, March 21, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
A 5-year-old girl is listed in serious condition following the Iranian ballistic missile impact in the southern city of Arad, medics say.
Magen David Adom says its medics are treating numerous injuries.
They also include 11 listed in moderate condition.
Extensive damage was caused to multiple buildings by the blast from the missile, which is assessed to have carried a conventional warhead with hundreds of kilograms of explosives.
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