8-year-old Ukrainian girl in Israel for cancer treatment killed in Iranian missile attack
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Five members of a Ukrainian family, including an 8-year-old girl undergoing cancer treatment at an Israeli hospital, were among the nine people killed by an Iranian missile impact on a Tel Aviv suburb this week, a city spokesperson said on Wednesday.
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Nastia Borik was just 7. A Ukrainian refugee fighting leukemia, she came to Israel for a chance at life.
On Saturday, Iranian missiles ended that chance — killing her, her mother, grandmother, and two little cousins.
Heartbreaking beyond words 💔 pic.twitter.com/eJq29MhMoE
— Bring Our People 🎗️ (@Bring_Daughters) June 18, 2025
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The dead in Sunday's attack in Bat Yam included Anastasia (Nastia) Borik, an 8-year-old first grader who was being treated for leukemia at Sheba Medical Center's oncology unit.
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She was killed along with her mother Maria Peshkurova, 31, her grandmother Olena (Yelena) Peshkurova, 54, and her cousins Konstantin Totvich, 10 and Ilya Peshkurov, 15.
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The family had come to Israel from the Ukrainian city of Odessa as tourists in December 2022 for her life-saving medical treatment.
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