After weeks of threats, Iran initiated an attack on Israel, launching more than 100 explosive drones toward the Jewish State.

A seven-year-old girl was critically injured after an intercepted ballistic missile hit her family’s home near Arad in the southern Negev. She suffered a serious head injury from falling shrapnel while she was asleep.

She was ventilated by Magen David Adom paramedics who also provided other lifesaving interventions and evacuated her to Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. She remains in life-threatening condition in the pediatric intensive care unit.

MDA was already on its highest level of alert on Saturday, as it has been since before October 7. MDA remained in constant coordination with the IDF and mobilized its entire fleet of over 2,000 rescue vehicles and 35,000 staff and volunteers in anticipation of casualties.

MDA treated 31 others for minor medical issues, mostly injuries incurred while running for shelter or acute anxiety. MDA was able to rapidly respond to injuries after mobilizing virtually all its EMTs and paramedics.

During the multi-hour attack, Iran fired several hundred explosive drones and cruise and ballistic missiles over major cities throughout Israel, including Jerusalem, where an errant strike would have risked a wider conflict or potentially damaged sites sacred to Iran’s own Shiite population.

The vast majority of drones and missiles were intercepted by Israeli, American, British, and Jordanian air defense systems and fighter jet pilots, causing minimal damage on the ground.