‘I can’t digest it’: deadliest attack on Israel since war began kills nine and destroys synagogue

Three siblings Yaakov, Avigail and Sarah Biton, were all killed after an Iranian missile hit a synagogue on Monday. Photograph: Twitter X

With 30 people inside the neighbourhood bomb shelter on Sunday afternoon, and sirens wailing outside, Oren Katz went to close the reinforced door.

It was an act of generosity that was typical of the father of four, and it would cost him his life. As he reached the entrance, the shelter took a direct hit from an Iranian missile.