Shrapnel Tears Through Bnei Brak Apartments, 12 Unhurt After Siren
Relatives say moving to the stairwell in a building without a safe room likely saved their lives.
Overview
- The strike hit around 4:35 p.m. on Donolo Street in Bnei Brak, with shrapnel penetrating from the roof through the fourth floor into the third.
- The two damaged homes belong to the Gombo and Luria families, and relatives said the group recited Tehillim in the stairwell during the alert.
- Rabbi Tzvi (Hershel) Gombo, head of a kollel at the Makowa synagogue, was among those sheltering and later recited the HaGomel blessing at Mincha.
- Twelve family members escaped injury, but the apartments sustained extensive destruction after the fragment tore through both floors.
- VINnews placed the incident within a wider round of missile attacks it reports left one person dead and about 20 injured, with accounts relying on family and local community sources.