Holocaust Survivor Dies Of Wounds From Hamas Rocket In May

Naomi Perlman, 91, h'yd.

A 91-year-old Israeli woman who was critically wounded by a Hamas rocket attack last May died Sunday from complications from her injuries, her family said.

Naomi Pearlman, a Holocaust survivor originally from Poland, was injured when a rocket struck her home in the southern city of Ashkelon during Operation Guardian of the Walls last May.

The blast killed her Indian caregiver, and both of Pearlman�s legs were amputated after the blast.

Soumya Santosh, an Indian national careworker killed by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at Ashkelon on May 11, 2021. (Courtesy)

Her son, Shuki, told the state-run Kan broadcaster that his mother had been hospitalized since the rocket attack.

�She survived the Holocaust, raised a wonderful family,� he said. �If there was anyone who deserved to be called the ultimate survivor, it was her.�

(YWN Israel Desk � Jerusalem & AP)

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