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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Melanie Lidman

Israeli family who buried 3 of their children after missile attack clings to faith

Israel Iran War Grieving Family - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Tamar Biton was in the kitchen when an explosion rocked her home in the central Israeli city of Beit Shemesh, shattering the windows and collapsing the ceiling with a boom louder than anything she had ever heard.

Making her way to what was left of a window, she saw fire and destruction everywhere, she said.

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