Eight-year-old Osher Tuito has regained consciousness and is breathing on his own, spokesmen at the Sheba Medical Center in Beer Sheva said Thursday.

Tuito and his 19-year-old brother Rami were critically injured last Saturday night when a Kassam missile slammed into their home in Sderot. As a result of the attack, doctors were forced to amputate one of the younger boy's legs; Rami was listed in "good" condition Sunday.