Iran attack on Israel: Girl, seven, hurt in missile strike is in critical ... trends now
A seven-year-old girl who was injured in the unprecedented Iranian missile strike against Israel is fighting for her life in hospital after being struck in the head by shrapnel in her home at 2am, her family have revealed.
The Israel Defences Force (IDF) said Iran launched 170 drones, more than 30 cruise missiles and at least 120 ballistic missiles in an attack that has escalated the conflict in the Middle East and sparked fears of World War III.
IDF spokesman Dangiel Hagari revealed that '99 per cent' of the missiles launched on Saturday were intercepted overnight - but that one girl, now named locally as Amina al-Hassouni, was 'severely injured from shrapnel'.
Amina, from the Bedouin town of Al-Fur'ah in southern Israel, is now in a critical condition after she was hit by shrapnel which fell on the roof of the family home at 2am, the Times of Israel reports.
The young girl's brother told Haaretz how she lost consciousness and was unresponsive. Her parents then rushed her by car to Arad, before she was taken to the Soroka Medical Centre in an ambulance.
The remains of a rocket booster that, according to Israel, critically injured a seven-year-old girl
Residents transfer the remains of a rocket booster that reportedly injured seven-year-old Amina
The medical centre confirmed she is now in the hospital's paediatric intensive care unit receiving treatment for a major head wound.
Soroka said eight others had been brought in with minor injuries, some also hit by shrapnel.
The assault was launched in response to a strike widely blamed on Israel on an Iranian consular building in Syria earlier this month, which killed two Iranian generals.
Syria has said Iran exercised their 'right to self-defence' in the attack on Israel.
It is the first direct military attack launched by Tehran on Israel, despite long-standing enmity dating back to the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The latest development brought years of shadow war between the two foes out into the open as the conflict in Gaza inflames decades-old tensions in the Middle East.
Britain and the US have offered staunch support for Israel, although Tehran has threatened a 'heavier' response if Washington cooperates in
