At least four members of Arab Israeli Christian family from the Galilee killed when Iranian ballistic missile scored direct hit on their home
At least four members of an Arab Israeli family were killed in an Iranian missile attack late Saturday night.
During a volley of ballistic missiles launched from Iran, one missile managed to evade Israel’s missile defense network, striking a private, two-story home in the Arab Israeli town of Tamra, outside of Haifa, in northern Israel.
The missile scored a direct hit just after 11:00 p.m., killing at least four people and injured 10 more.
“This was a direct hit on a residential building. Sadly, four women from the same family were pronounced dead at the scene. We also treated several nearby residents suffering from acute anxiety,” said United Hatzalah EMTs Majdoub Mohammad and Ofer Levi, who responded to the incident in Tamra.
Initial reports have identified the victims as members of the Khatib (or al-Khatib) family, including a mother, Manar Khatib, 47, her daughters Hala, 20, and Shada, 13, and another female relative in her 40s, Manar Diab Khatib.
Arab American blogger Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib reported that a fifth member of the family was also fatally injured in the attack, though this claim has not been independently verified.
Photo: Members of the Khatib family in Tamra, whose house was hit by an Iranian missile (X) Use according to Section 27 A