The condition of a young girl of about 11 years old — Esther Hadassah bas Chaya Mushka— from a Chabad family in Tzfas in northern Israel, who suffered cardiac arrest last week during a rocket alert siren in the city, remains serious.

On Motzei Shabbos, the Chabad Hebrew-language COL news site reported a deterioration in her condition, and her family is asking the public to continue davening for her full and speedy recovery.

It was initially reported that the girl was injured after she fell from her bunk bed during a siren. However, according to an update by Dr. Hilel Frankenthal, a specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care at Ziv Hospital in Tzfas, the girl suffered cardiac arrest during the siren for unclear reasons.

Medical teams who arrived at the scene found her without a pulse and not breathing. They began prolonged resuscitation efforts, including the use of a defibrillator. After extensive efforts, they were able to restore her pulse, and she was evacuated for further treatment. It was later reported that she regained consciousness, to the joy of her family.

Following reports of the deterioration in her condition, the family is again appealing to the public to continue davening for the refuah sheleimah of Esther Hadassah bas Chaya Mushka b’toch sha’ar cholei Yisrael.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)