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Press Release Operation “Roaring Lion” (April 10)

Press Release

Operation “Roaring Lion”: MDA teams treated 2,503 casualties, including 594 from missile fire, among them: 23 fatalities, 23 in serious condition, 38 in moderate condition, 510 in mild condition, and 586 suffering from anxiety. 1,323 people were treated for injuries sustained while heading for shelter, including: 3 fatalities, 6 in serious condition, 12 in moderate condition, and 1,302 in mild condition.

With the launch of Operation “Roaring Lion” and the declaration of a special state of emergency on the home front on Saturday morning (February 28), Magen David Adom raised its alert level to the highest level. Approximately 2,000 MDA ambulances and MICUs, about 800 emergency medicycles, and around 700 rapid response vehicles were fully staffed, and all 38,000 volunteers and employees of the organization were prepared to provide fast and efficient medical response as needed.

During Operation “Roaring Lion,” MDA teams were called to provide medical treatment at numerous scenes, where they were the first to arrive quickly and in very large numbers of ambulances, MICUs, responders on MDA medicycles, and rapid response vehicles. Until 19:00 today (April 8), MDA EMTs and paramedics have provided medical treatment to 2,503 casualties, including: 26 fatalities, 29 seriously injured, 50 in moderate condition, 1,812 in mild condition, and 586 suffering from anxiety.

594 of the casualties were injured by missile strikes, shrapnel, blast injuries, and debris, including: 23 fatalities, 23 in serious condition, 38 in moderate condition, 510 in mild condition, and 586 suffering from anxiety. 1,323 of the casualties were injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during early warnings and sirens, including: 3 fatalities, 6 in serious condition, 12 in moderate condition, and 1,302 in mild condition.

Below is a partial breakdown by locality:

• Or Yehuda: 11 people treated, including 1 seriously injured; 8 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Eilat: 12 people treated, including 2 physical casualties in serious and moderate condition; 5 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 5 anxiety casualties
• Ashdod: 26 people treated, including 23 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 3 anxiety casualties
• Ashkelon: 11 people treated, including 10 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Be’er Sheva: 60 people treated, including 11 with mild physical injuries; 14 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 35 anxiety casualties
• Bi’ina: 25 people treated, including 2 with mild physical injuries; 3 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 20 anxiety casualties
• Beit Shemesh: 76 people treated, including 63 physical injuries: 9 fatalities, 2 serious, 1 moderate, and 51 in mild condition; 12 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Bnei Brak: 96 people treated, including 46 physical injuries: 1 serious, 4 moderate, and 41 in mild condition; 39 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters and in a road accident during a siren, and 11 anxiety casualties
• Bat Yam: 49 people treated, including 3 with mild physical injuries; 36 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 10 anxiety casualties
• Givatayim: 16 people treated, including 1 with a mild physical injury; 14 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Dimona: 51 people treated, including 34 physical injuries: 1 serious, 1 moderate, and 32 in mild condition; 14 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 3 anxiety casualties
• Hod Hasharon: 13 people treated, including 12 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Herzliya: 25 people treated, including 24 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Hadera: 10 people treated, including 8 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Holon: 69 people treated, including 3 with mild physical injuries; 58 injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens, including 3 moderate and 55 mild; and 8 anxiety casualties
• Haifa: 67 people treated, including 8 physical injuries: 4 fatalities, 1 serious, and 3 in mild condition; 40 injured on the way to shelters, including 1 moderate and 39 in mild condition; and 19 anxiety casualties
• Tiberias: 11 people treated, including 8 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 3 anxiety casualties
• Yehud: 6 people treated, including 2 physical casualties who were killed; 2 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Jerusalem: 51 people treated, including 5 physical injuries: 1 moderate and 4 in mild condition; 32 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 14 anxiety casualties
• Kfar Saba: 23 people treated, including 21 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Kfar Qasem: 48 people treated, including 13 with mild physical injuries; 2 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 33 anxiety casualties
• Karmiel: 17 people treated, including 2 with mild physical injuries; 11 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 4 anxiety casualties
• Ayelet HaShahar Junction (Route 90): 3 physical casualties treated: 1 fatality and 2 in mild condition
• Ma’alot-Tarshiha: 23 people treated, including 7 with mild physical injuries; 4 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 12 anxiety casualties
• Misgav Am: 1 physical casualty treated who was killed
• Nahariya: 59 people treated, including 24 physical injuries: 1 fatality, 1 serious, and 22 in mild condition; 18 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 17 anxiety casualties
• Netanya: 15 people treated, including 13 injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens: 1 moderate and 12 in mild condition; and 2 anxiety casualties
• Adanim: 1 physical casualty treated who was killed
• Acre: 10 people treated, including 8 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Arad: 93 people treated, including 84 physical injuries: 10 serious, 19 moderate, and 55 in mild condition; 3 injured on the way to shelters (1 moderate and 2 mild), and 6 anxiety casualties
• Petah Tikva: 108 people treated, including 19 physical injuries: 1 serious, 1 moderate, and 17 in mild condition; 60 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens, and 29 anxiety casualties
• Safed: 14 people treated, including 7 with mild physical injuries; 2 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 5 anxiety casualties
• Kiryat Ono: 10 people treated, including 8 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 2 anxiety casualties
• Kiryat Ata: 16 people treated, including 2 with mild physical injuries; 7 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 7 anxiety casualties
• Kiryat Bialik: 18 people treated, including 17 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens, and 1 anxiety casualty
• Kiryat Gat: 10 people treated, including 6 injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens: 1 serious and 5 in mild condition; and 4 anxiety casualties
• Kiryat Motzkin: 14 people treated, including 1 with a mild physical injury; 11 injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens, including 1 fatality and 10 in mild condition; and 2 anxiety casualties
• Kiryat Shmona: 36 people treated, including 9 physical injuries: 2 serious, 1 moderate, and 6 in mild condition; 9 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 18 anxiety casualties
• Rishon LeZion: 50 people treated, including 1 physical injury in moderate condition; 41 injured on the way to shelters (1 serious, 1 moderate, and 39 in mild condition), and 8 anxiety casualties
• Rehovot: 40 people treated, including 2 with mild physical injuries; 34 injured on the way to shelters and in road accidents during sirens, including 1 fatality, 1 moderate, and 32 in mild condition; and 4 anxiety casualties
• Ramla: 28 people treated, including 14 with mild physical injuries; 9 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 5 anxiety casualties
• Ramat Gan: 55 people treated, including 7 physical injuries: 2 fatalities, 1 moderate, and 4 in mild condition; 43 injured on the way to shelters, including 1 fatality, 1 moderate, and 41 in mild condition; and 5 anxiety casualties
• Ra’anana: 11 people treated in mild condition injured on the way to shelters
• Shefaram: 28 people treated, including 1 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 27 anxiety casualties
• Tel Aviv: 182 people treated, including 43 physical injuries: 2 fatalities, 2 serious, 2 moderate, and 37 in mild condition; 118 injured on the way to shelters, including 1 serious and 117 in mild condition; and 21 anxiety casualties
• Tel Sheva: 44 people treated, including 11 with mild physical injuries; 5 in mild condition injured on the way to shelters, and 28 anxiety casualties.

MDA EMTs and paramedics continue to remain at peak readiness to provide immediate medical response as needed. Magen David Adom calls on the public to continue following Home Front Command instructions.

MDA Director General, Eli Bin: “With the outbreak of Operation ‘Roaring Lion,’ Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical organization, stood at peak readiness with full staffing of thousands of emergency vehicles across the country. The organization’s EMTs and paramedics were dispatched and were the first to arrive at many scenes, where they operated with determination, professionalism, dedication, and speed – often even under missile fire – to provide life-saving medical assistance to over 2,500 casualties at all levels of injury, in full cooperation with the Home Front Command, Israel Police, Fire and Rescue Services, and local authorities. Sadly, 23 civilians were murdered during the 40 days of the operation, and we share in the deep sorrow of their families and wish a speedy recovery to all those injured. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to the thousands of MDA women and men – EMTs and paramedics, blood services staff, logistics and administrative personnel, volunteers, employees, and reserve unit members, who operated tirelessly, at all hours, on weekdays, Shabbat, and during the Passover holiday with endless dedication. I call on the public to continue adhering to Home Front Command instructions – we have seen throughout the war how these instructions save lives. We will continue to stand on the front line and give our all for the safety and health of Israel’s citizens.”

Zaki Heller
MDA Spokesperson