According to MDA, 10 people were seriously injured, 13 were moderately injured, and the others were lightly injured.
MDA declared a mass casualty event, and a large number of rescue forces arrived at the scene to evacuate the injured and locate and rescue people trapped inside burning homes. Air Force and MDA helicopters were deployed to the city to assist in the evacuation.
“We evacuated children in serious condition,” the Southern District police commander said. “The impact was between the buildings. It’s a neis it didn’t hit a building directly. The damage was caused by the blast. There are hundreds of people here.”
Fire and Rescue Services stated: “This is a strike in the city center between residential buildings. Three buildings were damaged, and there is extensive destruction at the site. As a result of the impact, a fire broke out on the fourth floor of one of the buildings. Firefighters are operating at the scene.”
Arad Mayor Yair Maayan said that the missile itself struck an open area surrounded by four-story residential buildings, and that much of the damage to the buildings was caused by the blast wave rather than a direct hit. He added that between 100 and 150 families will need to be evacuated.
United Hatzalah reported that dozens of its paramedics are treating dozens of casualties at the scene, including those in critical, serious, and moderate condition. Dozens more volunteers from central Israel are on their way in Hatzalah and MDA ambulances to reinforce the Negev region in treating and evacuating the injured.
Over 50 people were injured earlier on Motzei Shabbos in a missile hit in Dimona, which is about 30 kilometers from Arad. Interceptors were launched at the missiles in both cities, but missed. The IDF has opened an investigation into the incidents.
.MDA emergency medic Yakir Talker said, “This is a very difficult scene. We arrived with large forces of ambulances, intensive care units, and MDA motorcycles. We saw many injured, in varying degrees of severity, as a result of a missile strike. We immediately began setting up a casualty collection point, triaged the wounded according to their condition, and provided life-saving medical treatment. There is extensive destruction and chaos at the scene. Teams are currently conducting thorough searches, and we will continue operating here as long as necessary.”
United Hatzalah reported: “United Hatzalah medical teams are treating over 30 casualties across several locations in the Arad area, some of them unconscious. United Hatzalah resilience teams are also providing assistance at the scene to those suffering from shock.”
Hatzalah medics from the Arad branch, Yossi Tauman and Simcha Ziternboim, reported: “We arrived at a scene of severe destruction involving several buildings, with dozens trapped and injured in varying conditions. We provided initial medical treatment and evacuated dozens of casualties to Soroka Medical Center. We are now returning to the difficult scene to continue evacuating the many injured.”
An initial update from the MDA spokesperson stated: “MDA medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment to a large number of casualties, including a 5-year-old girl in serious condition, 11 injured in moderate condition, and several others with light injuries. MDA teams are continuing to treat additional casualties at the scene. Large MDA forces, including helicopters, are on their way to the location.”
Shocking video out of Saudi Arabia: A man was caught on camera trying to choke his sick father INSIDE the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina—one of Islam’s holiest sites.
His twisted reasoning? He thought killing him there would ‘do him a favor’ and send him straight to heaven, guaranteeing paradise. Saudi security swooped in, saved the elderly man, and arrested the son on the spot.
“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night. His family asks that their privacy be respected,” Mueller’s family said in a statement shared to social media.
The cause of death is not immediately known, though Mueller had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.
Mueller famously conducted a probe into the 2016 presidential election which concluded in 2019 that Russia had interfered with the election with the intent of benefitting President Donald Trump, this has now been proven to be totally false.
The Rockland County postal worker arrested for violently shoving a 4-year-old Jewish boy was expected to face new charges, police said — as outrage grows over the decision to shield the suspect’s name from the public.
The unidentified mail carrier, 39, was to be slapped with an additional charge of attempted assault in the second degree Saturday, according to the Ramapo Police Department.
The expected new charge comes one day after the United States Postal worker was hit with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child and attempted assault in the third degree for the heartless, caught on video attack.
Home surveillance footage showed the young Orthodox Jewish boy approaching a community mailbox which was being filled by the postal worker, who had his back turned.
When the boy got close to the mailbox, the carrier jumped around and launched at him — delivering a two-handed push that sent the boy falling to the ground and knocked off his yarmulke, video first reported by The Monsey Scoop showed.
The boy jumped up, collected his religious garment, and hurried back to a group of friends nearby.
The 4-year-old was not physically hurt and police have not yet deemed the incident a hate crime.
The mail carrier, a resident of Stony Point, was arrested Thursday and released on his own recognizance and processed in Ramapo Town Justice Court.
The Ramapo Police Department said it “very rarely” identify suspects in news releases, and declined to provide the name of the postal worker.
New Yorkers took to social media to express their outrage that the authorities have not announced the identity of the mail carrier who is due back in court at an unspecified date.
“Why are you hiding his name,” Facebook user JP Gale said in a Facebook comment Friday. “You’re going out of your way to protect the identity of a man who assaulted a child, and I think we can all guess why.”
“We need this man’s name. He is a danger,” Frienda Bill demanded in another comment on the platform.
“Where is this person’s name and the news conference? He assaulted a child,” Melissa Alpegiani Fogarty asked in a Facebook comment.
The United States Post Office declined comment Saturday when asked if the mail carrier was still on the job and would not comment on the video of the shove.
The Ramapo Town Justice Court did not respond to request for comment.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, better known as The Palestinian, says that a potential $200 billion price tag for the Iran war “will never happen” if it is sent to Congress and it is a “preposterous and dangerous risk.”
Schumer said in a Senate floor speech Friday that “even a fraction of $200 billion is unacceptable for a war without a plan, without an endgame, and without the support of the American people.” He called on President Donald Trump to end the war.
The Pentagon has sent a $200 billion request to the White House, but the White House has not yet sent an official request to Congress. Once there is an official request, Republicans would need some Democratic support to pass it in the Senate.
“So much could be done with that money instead of a war that Donald Trump has chosen to wage without even a vote in Congress,” Schumer said.
