Indian man killed in Hezbollah attack leaves behind daughter, pregnant wife

The Indian man killed in a Hezbollah missile attack on northern Israel a day ago has been named in reports as Patnibin Maxwell, a native of Kollam in Kerala state in southern India.

Maxwell, 31, was married and expecting a second child in two months, in addition to his 5-year-old daughter, the Hindustan Times reports.

The paper says he arrived in Israel two months ago on a work contract and his older brother is also working in Israel. His remains are expected to be repatriated for burial in the next four days.

Two other farmhands injured in the attack were also from Kerala, according to the report. They are named as Joseph George Bush, 31, and Paul Melvin, 28.

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