A man in his 50s was hit by the Jerusalem light rail in east Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, according to a statement from United Hatzalah.
He was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center, on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, in serious condition. The rail driver was doing a training exercise, and no passengers were being transported at the time.
Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, Magen David Adom responded to a two-vehicle crash in Ilut, northern Israel. As a result, two people were evacuated to Rambam Hospital - an 18-year-old in serious condition and a 45-year-old in moderate condition.
Shortly thereafter, MDA administered first aid to a 64-year-old man who sustained moderate injuries after driving into a telephone pole. He was evacuated to Soroka Hospital.
Later on in the evening, United Hatzalah volunteers were called to a scene in Kfar Saba after a tree fell on a vehicle, lightly injuring the driver.
At around the same time, in Beit Shemesh, an 8-year-old boy was hit by a car and sustained mild injuries to his limbs; first responders designated his condition as lightly injured.
Later, emergency services responded to a car crash between two vehicles on Highway 334 near Kibbutz Dorot, in which both drivers were taken to Soroka Hospital in moderate condition.
Three more people were lightly injured in an accident on Highway 1 near the Ben Shemen Interchange, according to United Hatzalah. The accident involved two passenger vehicles and a bus.
Severe winter storm sweeps through Israel
Israel braced on Monday for a severe windstorm that swept the country from Monday evening through Tuesday, prompting the Meteorological Service to issue its highest-level red alert. Authorities warned of powerful gusts, heavy rainfall, flooding, snow, and dangerously stormy seas.
The storm, described as unusually strong, has brought westerly winds of around 50 km/h, with gusts up to 110 km/h along the coastal plain. The red alert covers wide areas, including the Mediterranean coast, northern mountains, Carmel range, central highlands, northern Samaria, northeastern Negev, and the Negev Mountains.
Pesach Benson/TPS contributed to this report.