Octogenarian killed in Beersheba house fire

An elderly woman in Beersheba has died after her apartment caught fire, authorities say.

A paramedic with the Magen David Adom rescue service he and other medics only managed to get access to the burning apartment after firefighters extinguished the flames, at which point the woman, in her 80s, was found dead.

On Sunday, a couple in their 80s died in a housefire in Yarka, in Israel’s north.

The country is experiencing unseasonably cold weather, with forecasts predicting frigid temperatures and possible snow in coming days.

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