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Two people, 73-year-old Yisrael Aloni and Evgenia Blinder, were killed during the early morning of 14 June, 2025, in an alleged Iranian missile attack in Rishon LeZion. Up to 21 were reported wounded.
Yisrael Aloni, a grandfather of 10 or 11, lived in Rishon LeZion, where he had worked as a barber for 60 years. Yisrael was in the basement of his home at the time of the strike, but was not in a safe room. His son, Eran, who had spoken to his father the day prior, remembered him as dedicated and community-oriented, “someone who was always willing to help others.” He was, Eran said, a “wonderful person […] a good man.”
The shrapnel had hit “three parts of [Yisrael’s] body.” He was taken to the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, but was pronounced dead. Eran stressed the importance of bomb shelters, in the wake of his father’s death: “I want to share a message: anyone who hears a siren – take it seriously. Look what happened to our father. Getting to a bomb shelter saves lives.”
A photograph of Yisrael was widely shared – sporting a white shirt, he is smiling towards the camera.
Evgenia Blinder was “a woman in her sixties,” and Yisrael’s neighbour. She had immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in 1992. Formerly a surgeon, she then worked as a nurse in a nursing home in Jaffa until retiring. A report from Magen David Adom stated that “a woman in her 60s was rescued [from the rubble] unconscious and with no signs of life.” It is very probable this was Evgenia.
An infant – reported as either two or three-months old – was rescued from underneath rubble. An image shared by CUFI showed a police officer holding the child. Most sources agreed that approximately 20 people were injured in the strike, a number that was later increased to 21.
Ifat Benhaim, a resident of Rishon LeZion, shared her experience of the strike. Quoted by X/Twitter user MarioNawfal, Ifat said that with her family, she had run to the basement: “We closed the door… and suddenly there was such a big boom. I thought all the house fell on us.” They emerged into their home to see the windows exploded and the living room covered in debris. Sally Ilan, a neighbour, had a similar experience. Her home destroyed, Sally spoke to decades of memories: “It was the first house to be built in the neighborhood. My father was so eager to build it. Forty years of memories are gone… It’s heavy on the heart.”
The strike itself was well documented. A video of the strike was captured from afar by X/Twitter user @MenchOsint. Security camera footage shared by @MagicFlower22 showed the impact on one apartment block: the explosion rocks through a stairwell, as both a man and child’s voices are audible.
Photographs shared by X/Twitter user @HeedoAbuLaban showed the extensive damage wrought by the strike: amongst significant debris, a fire can be seen burning through a roof. @SuppressedNws alleged that “at least 10 buildings” in the area had been destroyed. Further photographs shared by @manniefabian corroborated this – multiple residences are heavily damaged.
Where sources named a belligerent, all pointed to the Iranian military.
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Reports of the incident mention a residential building in Rishon LeZion (ראשון לציון, ريشون لتصيون). Analysing audio-visual material from sources, we have narrowed the location down to the following exact coordinates: 31.989222, 34.781528.

Imagery: manniefabian