The 42-year-old Tal Yehoshua-Koren, wife of the military attache in the Israeli embassy, is out of hospital two days after she was wounded in a bomb attack on his car by a motorcyclist near the PM's house on Monday, her brother in Jerusalem claimed.

Delhi Police is, however, not certain whether she is still in or out of the private Primus Hospital, nor have the hospital yet handed over to it the shrapnels reportedly taken out of her body in two surgeries Monday night.

"Shrapnels are case material of the crime and hence they cannot be destroyed or disposed of," a police officer said, adding that the last check with the hospital said she would be discharged possibly on Thursday.

Contrary to earlier reports and witnesses' accounts that she was extricated by people who rushed to help, the brother also claimed that she had herself got out of the car. Trained in the military warfare, she sensed trouble as soon as she saw the motorcyclist throw something at the car.

The Israel-based correspondent of wire service jwire.com.au quoted her brother state: "She grasped the situation, showed resourcefulness, managed to get out of the car and evacuate herself to the hospital despite her injury. She has since been released from the hospital after undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel from parts of her body including her back." She is amazingly level-headed, the brother added.

An Israeli wire service, ynetnews.com, also reported on the same lines praising her for "heroism in face of terror," while stating that she apparently spotted the terrorist moments before the attack, managed to get out of her car, and evacuated herself to hospital despite her injury.

If these reports are correct, Tal appears to have jumped out of the car just moments before the blast and it was easy since the car was parked at the red light on the crossing and not in motion and the injuries may be from the shrapnel flying from the bomb stuck to the car, presumably with a magnet.