19 people were injured, among them 12 children, in a fire that broke out on Thursday morning on the lower floor of a residential building in Beit Shemesh.
Eleven of the victims were evacuated to the Assaf Harofeh Hospital, two of them children aged six and seven who were listed in serious condition, a victim in moderate condition and one more in light condition
Eight other victims who were lightly injured were evacuated to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.