The 500kg Iranian missile that wreaked havoc in Israeli coastal town

The Age20 hours ago

Isaac Belaish was asleep on his sofa when the sound of an explosion violently woke him. Looking around, he found his whole apartment littered with shattered glass. 'Everything exploded – the windows ... the TV exploded on me,' he said.
The 76-year-old had cuts all over his body and many of his most important personal possessions shattered. But he acknowledged it could have been worse.
The 500-kilogram missile launched by Iran that fell less than 100 metres away from his house has caused the worst civilian loss of life in Israel since the latest conflict broke out between Israel and Iran.
At least six people were killed in the strike on a cluster of residential buildings in the coastal town of Bat Yam, and 180 were wounded.
The deaths came amid relentless waves of Iranian assaults on civilian areas following Israel's initial attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities on Friday.
'I was so lucky,' Belaish said at a school where victims of the blast were treated for injuries before getting ready to go to temporary accommodation in a local hotel.
'There are so many things I need from my home, my medication, things that are precious to me,' he added.
Aynom Kehasi, 39, was about 300 metres away when the bomb hit.