Kerala woman killed in rocket strike in Israel while she was on video call with husband

Idukki: A Kerala woman working in Israel was killed allegedly in a Palestinian rocket strike on Tuesday, her family members said. She was identified as Soumya, 31, a native of Kanjikuzhy panchayat in Kerala’s Idukki district.

They said the rocket fell on the residence of 31-year old Soumya in the city of Ashkelon while she was talking to her husband Santhosh, who is in Kerala, over video call in the evening.

“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 told media.

Ms Soumya, hailing from Keerithodu in Idukki district, had been working as a housemaid in Israel for the last seven years, her relatives said. Newly-elected MLA and Nationalist Congress Kerala leader Mani C Kappan condemned the incident.