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Saturday, April 4, 2026
Home of UTJ chairman Gafni damaged by Iranian cluster munition impact this morning
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The Bnei Brak home of MK Moshe Gafni, the chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Degel HaTorah faction, was damaged by a cluster bomb during an Iranian ballistic missile attack on central Israel early Saturday morning, breaking windows but causing no injuries.
In a statement, Gafni says he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who inquired after his well-being, following the end of Shabbat. He and his wife had followed Homefront Command instructions, “and went down to the shelter at the time of the [pre-strike] warning and were thus saved.”
“It was absolutely terrible. There was a really serious, unfamiliar noise, but thank God nothing happened,” Gafni said, describing the incident as “a great miracle.”
ביתו של ח"כ גפני ניזוק מטיל מתפצל: תיעוד כדור האש ברגע הפגיעה בבני ברק
לעדכונים שוטפים: https://t.co/buVc99RThm pic.twitter.com/olZVtJYghp— ynet עדכוני (@ynetalerts) April 4, 2026
כתוצאה מהפגיעה ב-2 בלילה בבני ברק נופצו חלונות הבית של ח"כ משה גפני ונזק נגרם לבניין. גפני: "בנס זה נגמר בלי נזק חמור יותר, ירדנו למקלט ושמענו בום אדיר". pic.twitter.com/cbgaw8kzfz
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