Several incidents across central Israel, including stabbings and a residential fire, left multiple people wounded, some critically, during Independence Day celebrations.
A series of violent incidents and accidents disrupted Independence Day celebrations overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, leaving several people injured across central Israel, according to emergency services.
At 2:41 a.m., emergency responders were called to Hashomer Street in Rishon LeZion, where a 28-year-old man was wounded in a violent incident. Paramedics treated him at the scene before evacuating him to Shamir Medical Center–Assaf Harofeh in moderate condition with a penetrating injury.
Earlier in the night, a 21-year-old man was seriously wounded in a stabbing during a fight on Ha’atzmaut Street in Petah Tikva. Magen David Adom medics said the victim was found unconscious with a penetrating wound. “We provided life-saving treatment, including stopping the bleeding, and evacuated him to the hospital in serious condition,” senior medics Netai Mashiach and Meir Rosenberg were cited by Ynet as saying.
In Netanya, two men in their 40s were stabbed during a separate violent incident on Nordau Street. Both were conscious but sustained serious and moderate penetrating injuries. “We treated them at the scene and transported them in intensive care ambulances,” MDA medic Shmuel Salomon said.
Foreign worker critically injured in Tel Aviv apartment fire, rushed to hospital
In an earlier incident, a foreign worker in his 40s was critically injured in a fire that broke out in a residential building on Sheif Street in Tel Aviv. Firefighters rescued the man, unconscious, without a pulse or breathing, and suffering from burns. MDA teams initiated resuscitation efforts before evacuating him to Ichilov Hospital in critical condition. “We saw heavy smoke coming from the apartment,” emergency responders Avi Raymond and Shlomo Levy said. “The man was brought out unconscious, and we immediately began CPR.”
Separately, an 18-year-old was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Yehuda Halevi Street in Rosh HaAyin. He was found unconscious with multiple injuries and taken to Beilinson Hospital for treatment.
In another incident, a 28-year-old man was seriously hurt after falling from a height of approximately five stories on Alkali Street in Rehovot.
Separately, Wolfson Medical Center reported a surge in minor holiday-related injuries, with approximately 60 children treated in its pediatric emergency department for eye irritation and injuries linked to the use of “snow spray” products during Independence Day celebrations.
At the same time, the hospital’s adult emergency department treated five to six individuals overnight for alcohol intoxication. All patients, both children and adults, received medical care and were later discharged.
The incidents unfolded as large crowds gathered across the country to mark Independence Day, with emergency services responding to multiple calls throughout the night.
