Liliana Laniado, a resident of Bat Yam, was filmed barring neighbors from entering her building’s bomb shelter.
A 70-year-old Israeli woman who allegedly prevented people from entering a bomb shelter in Bat Yam during a missile barrage from Iran on June 22 was indicted by the police prosecution unit on Sunday.
Liliana Laniado is the first person charged with blocking entry to a bomb shelter, according to the Israel Police.
As air-raid sirens warned of incoming ballistic missiles, tenants from a nearby building without a bomb shelter tried to enter Laniado’s bomb shelter, according to the indictment. The defendant allegedly stood at the entrance and barred their entry, asserting there was no room.