Seven-year-old Bedouin girl injured in Iran attack on Israel in April leaves hospital
Amina Hasuna, the seven-year-old Bedouin girl who was seriously injured in the Iranian attack on Israel last April, was discharged today after more than three months in hospital.
Hasuna, who “was hit in the head by shrapnel from an Iranian missile that was intercepted about four months ago in the Arad area, was taken to Soroka Medical Center in critical condition and was discharged today for rehabilitation,” a hospital spokeswoman said.
The girl spent two months in the center’s pediatric intensive care unit, sedated and ventilated. Once her condition improved and she regained consciousness, she was transferred to the children’s department to continue her treatment.
Her injuries were so severe that she had to undergo a series of operations and treatments, involving teams from pediatric neurosurgery, plastic surgery, pediatric surgery, occupational therapy, speech therapy and social services, among others.
Soroka pediatric neurosurgery director Miki Gideon, who was one of the doctors who operated on Hasuna, said in a video message that her injuries were “severe, complex and shocking.”
“Seeing Amina fully conscious today, calling, smiling and ready for the next step in her rehabilitation fills us with hope and strength,” added the doctor.
The girl was the only person seriously injured during the unprecedented attack, with hundreds of drones and missiles, that Iran launched against Israel last April in retaliation for an Israeli attack in Damascus that killed seven members of the Revolutionary Guard. The vast majority of the projectiles were intercepted before reaching Israeli airspace, but shrapnel from one of the missiles pierced the roof of a Bedouin house in the Negev desert and wounded the girl in the head while she was sleeping. (EFE)
