A Kerala woman was killed in a rocket attack on Ashkelon near Israel’s border with Gaza.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muralidharan identified the deceased woman as Soumya Santosh, a resident of Keerithodu in the Iddukki district of Kerala. She was working in the coastal city as a domestic help. Her neighborhood had come under attack from militants in Gaza.
Tensions had escalated between Israel and Palestine recently.
Soumya is survived by her husband Santosh and their son. She was employed as a caretaker in an Israeli household since 2014, some TV channels reported. A news website claimed that Soumya was on a video call with her family when the rocket struck her neighborhood.
