STORY: Israeli emergency teams were assessing damage at site of an Iranian missile attack that wounded scores of people in the southern Israeli city of Arad on Saturday night (March 21).

On site teams worked around massive destruction to at least four residential buildings.

Israeli ambulance service, MDA, said in a written statement that 75 wounded were evacuated from the site, 10 of them in serious condition, 13 in moderate condition, 48 in mild condition, and 4 patients suffering from anxiety symptoms.

Israeli police, firefighters and the army's home front command were still searching the buildings for missing people.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a written statement after the attack, saying that this was a very difficult evening.

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SHOWS: ARAD, ISRAEL (MARCH 21, 2026) (ISRAELI CH13 - NO USE ISRAEL)

1. ISRAELI POLICE, RESCUE TEAMS, AND EMERGENCY TEAMS AT SITE AFTER IRANIAN MISSILE ATTACK

2. TEAMS INSIDE DAMAGED BUILDING

3. TEAMS AT SCENE

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) MEMBER OF ISRAELI MEDICAL TEAM, DANNY ROTENBERG, SAYING:

"We are saying that at this point, within the scene itself, there are no casualties we are aware of. Home Front Command forces and the Israel Police, together with the Fire and Rescue Services, are working here inside the scene, which is to our right, and are scanning the area to see if there are any missing persons or additional casualties."

5. VARIOUS OF TEAMS WORKING AT SCENE

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) SOUTHERN DISTRICT ISRAELI POLICE COMMANDER, HAIM BUBLIL, SAYING:

"As you can see, the scene is very complex. At this stage, more than fifty injured people have been evacuated from the site. The damage is significant, as you can see. The object fell in a populated, crowded area. There is substantial damage to at least three buildings with multiple apartments."

7. TEAMS WORKING AT SCENE