MDA said 12 women, aged 20-40, were evacuated to hospitals after inhaling a suspected hazardous substance at a beauty institute in Jerusalem's At-Tur neighborhood. Seven are in moderate condition and five mild. The report updates an earlier count of 17 injured, 7 serious, initially attributed to generator smoke.
Magen David Adom (MDA) on Wednesday evening revised the casualty count and cause of an incident at a beauty institute in Jerusalem's At-Tur neighborhood. An MDA spokesperson said 12 women aged 20-40 were evacuated to hospitals after inhaling a suspected hazardous substance, with seven in moderate condition and five mild. The update, at 17:25 Jerusalem time, corrects an earlier MDA account from around 16:39 that reported 17 women injured, seven in serious condition, initially attributed to generator smoke. The shift in numbers and severity suggests a reassessment at the scene; the precise substance remains under investigation by Fire and Rescue hazmat teams.
The sequence of reporting began at 16:39 Jerusalem with initial unverified reports of a hazmat incident leaving several people unconscious. By version 2, The Zioneer reported 16 women found unconscious and evacuated in moderate-to-serious condition, with initial assessments suggesting poisoning. Subsequent versions through 16:39 expanded with specific hospital names and victim counts. At 17:16, MDA confirmed 12 women sustained moderate-to-light injuries in a hazardous-materials incident, adding the location and specific hospitals (Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hadassah Mount Scopus, Shaarei Tzedek). The earlier count of 17 with seven serious, reported at 17:25 Jerusalem by The Zioneer based on initial MDA data, has now been superseded by the revised statement.
This incident follows a pattern of suspected hazardous-material events in the Jerusalem area. As The Zioneer reported on June 11, four children collapsed in the Makor Baruch neighborhood and were hospitalized after suspected exposure to hazardous materials, with fire crews conducting tests. Another incident on June 11 involved a gas explosion in the Old City's Jewish Quarter that wounded several people, one critically.
The nature of the suspected hazardous substance inhaled by the women has not yet been publicly identified, pending laboratory analysis by hazmat teams. The reason for the initial discrepancy in the casualty count—17 women reported injured versus the later confirmed 12—has not been officially explained by MDA or emergency services.
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