Eyewitness says he ‘miraculously’ survived drone impact by lying down on road

6 August 2024, 2:18 pm 3 Edit

An eyewitness to the drone crash on a road in the northern town of Mazra’a says he “miraculously survived” the explosion by lying down on the road, saving him from flying shrapnel that injured several others, including one critically.

The man tells the Kan public broadcaster he heard sirens and laid down, then heard a drone flying overhead, and then there was a big blast “and shrapnel flew over me.”

“I only survived because I laid down, it was a miracle. I’ve never seen such a thing,” says the witness, who says he’s from Kiryat Ata.

He describes the scene as “terrible,” adding that the Iron Dome system missed the drone and fragments of interceptors also landed nearby.