A missile launched from Iran toward the Gush Dan area on Wednesday morning struck multiple locations in Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan, wounding several people and causing extensive damage.

At Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, medical staff are battling to save the life of an 11-year-old girl who was critically hurt in the strike. Hospital officials said her father was also injured and is in moderate condition, while six other children were brought to the emergency room for treatment.

Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva reported that a 12-year-old boy who sustained serious injuries, along with his mother who was moderately wounded, were evacuated following the impact. The boy is set to be moved to Schneider Children’s Medical Center for further care. Additionally, eleven people with minor injuries were treated and transferred to Sheba and Beilinson hospitals. In a separate incident, a building was hit, causing a gas leak that was handled by emergency crews.

MDA paramedic Yissachar Weiss recounted what responders encountered at the scene: “We received a report of a missile impact and arrived on the scene with ambulances, mobile intensive care units, and rapid response motorcycles. We saw destruction and people walking around conscious, and an 11-year-old girl semi-conscious with shrapnel injuries to her limbs. We provided medical treatment and evacuated her by MDA mobile intensive care unit to the hospital in serious condition. Additional MDA teams treated several other injured people and also evacuated them to hospitals.”

Senior medic Lipa Hirsch said additional injured individuals were found during follow-up searches. “During our searches we saw a 13-year-old boy conscious after being injured by the blast. We placed him in an MDA ambulance and evacuated him to the hospital in moderate condition. Additional MDA teams are scanning to ensure there are no more casualties.”

In Cholon, the missile strike ignited a fire in an open area, while in Petach Tikva, debris from intercepted missiles fell in open spaces.

Police reported that fragments from interceptions were located in several cities across the Sharon region. Sirens were activated across central Israel, the Sharon, Shomron, and the south in response to the launch.

Earlier, sirens sounded in the Negev after a missile was fired by Houthi forces in Yemen. That missile was intercepted, and no injuries were reported.

Before that, alerts were triggered in the Upper Galilee after a drone infiltrated from Lebanon. Security officials said the drone was not intercepted and appears to have landed in an open area without causing any casualties.