She arrived at the hospital in Tel Aviv in very serious condition, unconscious, suffering from severe injuries and with numerous cuts over her entire body as a result of surgical interventions prior to her arrival at the hospital and which do not correspond to the injuries she suffered.

In response to questions that have been directed to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in recent days by various media outlets, we would like to make it clear that no fragments were found in her body except for one fragment that is inaccessible to surgery; it is also clear - beyond all doubt - that part of her injuries were caused by fragments.

This combination is not routine and does not correspond to our accumulated medical experience as a result of having treated hundreds of patients who were wounded in terrorist attacks and by bombs and who usually arrive with fragments in various places throughout their bodies.

In such cases, standard medical practice is not to search for or extract the fragments unless they constitute an immediate danger to the patient.

This is also the reason that, in most cases, fragments remain in the patients’ bodies, frequently for the rest of their lives.

...Strengthening claims that the IDF was not responsible for the explosion, the Tel Aviv hospital said that no shrapnel was found in her body, except for one piece that was not reachable by surgery and would have to be left there. The damage to her body was "without doubt" caused by shrapnel.

Ichilov hospital did not accuse Shifa Hospital in Gaza of directly of removing shrapnel for no medical reason, but it said that it had never received a patient who was in an explosion with all the shrapnel removed (except for one unreachable piece).

"This is surprising and raises questions" about the care she received in Shifa, the Ichilov spokeswoman said. Asked whether Ichilov surgeons had contacted Shifa doctors who treated the patient to ask the reason for the incisions to remove shrapnel, the spokeswoman said: "We are not in such close contact with Shifa. We received the medical report on the patient, and that's all."

Israeli authorities say the chances are "one-in-a-billion" that she was hurt by an Israeli missile...