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94-year-old woman named as one of 9 Bat Yam attack victims
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBelina Ashkenazi, 94, is named as one of the nine people killed in an Iranian ballistic missile impact on a Bat Yam apartment building overnight Saturday-Sunday.
She is the second victim of the deadly strike to be identified. Yesterday evening, 44-year-old Efrat Saranga was named as another victim in the attack.
Ashkenazi’s husband and son were also hospitalized as a result of the attack, according to Ynet.
The missile impact also killed an 8-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy. Nearly 200 were wounded, rescue services said.
According to Ukraine, five of its nationals were killed in the attack, including three children.
Rescuers say one person buried under the rubble remains missing.
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