Kerela woman killed in Israel attack

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the body of Soumya Santosh who was killed in a rocket attack in Israel on Tuesday will be brought to the country soon as her family battled grief. The 32-year-old was killed in a rocket attack by Palestinian side from Gaza, according to officials. Soumya, who belonged to Kerala’s Idukki district, worked as a caregiver attending to an old woman at a house in the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon. Ashkelon, which borders the Gaza Strip, has come under a massive fire from the Palestinian militants. “We are in touch with the Indian Embassy in Israel to ensure that the mortal remains of Soumya Santhosh who was killed in Israel is brought back to Kerala and handed over to her family as soon as possible, Vijayan tweeted.