Idukki: On Tuesday, a Keralite girl allegedly misplaced her life in a Palestinian rocket strike, her members of the family mentioned. She was working in Israel as a house nurse.
That night, Soumya was speaking to her husband over video name when the rocket fell at her residence in Ashkelon.
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“My brother heard a huge sound during the video call. Suddenly the phone got disconnected. Then we immediately contacted fellow Malayalees working there. Thus we came to know about the incident,” Santhosh’s brother Saji informed PTI.
Soumya, hailing from Keerithodu in Idukki district, had been working as a housemaid in Israel for the final seven years, her kin mentioned. She has a nine-year-old son whom she had left together with her husband in Kerala. According native media studies, her 80-year-old aged cost is alleged to have survived the direct hit on the home and is hospitalised in a severe situation.
There is not any official affirmation concerning the incident up to now.
Israel’s ambassador to India Ron Malka on Tuesday took to Twitter to condole the Indian girl’s demise.
“On behalf of the state of Israel, I convey heartfelt condolences to the family of Ms. Soumya Santosh, murdered by Hamas indiscriminate terror attack on innocent lives. Our hearts are crying with her 9 years old son that lost his mother in this cruel Terrorist attack,” he mentioned in a tweet.
Newly-elected MLA and Nationalist Congress Kerala chief Mani C Kappan condemned the incident. In a Facebook put up, Kappan, who’s representing Pala seat within the Kerala Assembly, mentioned hundreds of Keralites working in Israel had been dwelling in concern. He additionally sought intervention from central and state governments.
The mortal stays of Kerala’s Soumya Santhosh will probably be dropped at her residence, mentioned kin and authorities. Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.Muraleedharan knowledgeable that each one steps are being taken to convey residence Soumya’s physique, which is now stored at a hospital in Bursail, Ashkelon.
