Corporal Eitan Sachs, 18, from Be'er Sheva, a soldier in combat training in the Multidimensional Unit (888), his mother, Michal Sachs, 50, his girlfriend Noa Boguslavsky, 18, from Arad, and Naomi Shaanan are the four Israelis killed Tuesday morning in Beersheba by a missile strike from Iran. Boguslavsky graduated from ORT High School in Arad.
One other person was killed when a missile hit the apartment building - just before the ceasefire declared by U.S. President Donald Trump went into effect; their names have not yet been released. At least 22 others were injured in the missile strike.
The four named dead were in one secure rooms or MAMAD, and the fourth victim in another when a missile broke through an external wall and hit them. Extensive damage was also caused to other buildings and a nearby kindergarten.
Rescue forces pulled people alive from the rubble, including a child. Soroka Medical Center reported that "following the missile strike in Be'er Sheva, 26 injured people have been evacuated to the trauma room so far, two in moderate condition, and the rest in light condition."
Shaanan, the fourth person killed in the missile strike, was a well-known activist in the movement calling for the return of Israeli hostages.
“She stood every day with unwavering determination for the return of the hostages, for ending the war and for the sanctity of all human life. May her memory be a blessing—may their return be her legacy,” said fellow activists.
Tania Zion-Waldkes, who often photographed her at demonstrations, described her as “a principled and kind-hearted partner in the struggle, one of the familiar smiling faces of the Be’er Sheva protests. She stood there from day one—until just yesterday.”
One of the residents of the building that took the direct hit said that she entered the building following a warning from the Home Front Command, left after a while - then an alarm was activated and she and her family went back inside. "We entered quickly, and within a second there was such an explosion that we knew it was really close to us," she said. "That's all the fears. When we came out, we saw the destruction."
Daniel Ben Zvi, who lives in a nearby building, said: "There's no house left. Everything is dismantled. It happened in seconds. As soon as we entered the MAMAD, we barely had time to close the door. My father flew and I caught him. The impact was beyond normal. It's impossible to describe it. When we left, our world was destroyed. It's just property. But still."
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Rescue workers in the ruins of the apartment building, that took a direct hit from an Iranian missile
(Photo: Amir Cohen/Reuters)
Magen David Adom set up a point at the scene to treat the injured, and the teams conducted medical examinations on the residents who left the buildings. There are several buildings that have a commercial center on their ground floors. Vehicles parked there were completely burned, and great destruction was also caused to the stores and the entire area.
The deadly strike was part of a broader Iranian missile barrage that triggered air raid sirens across southern, central and northern Israel. Initial reports indicated that two missiles were intercepted in the first wave. In a subsequent barrage, at least four missiles were launched, with one scoring a direct hit on the Be'er Sheva home.
Shortly after the Be'er Sheva strike, additional sirens were heard across central and southern Israel. Two missiles were reportedly intercepted. A fourth salvo, consisting of two missiles targeting central Israel, was also intercepted. A fifth attack triggered sirens in northern Israel—including Haifa, the Jezreel Valley, northern Sharon, the Carmel, Samaria, Wadi Ara and the Galilee—marking a new barrage launched after the declared start of the ceasefire. That strike involved a single missile, which was also intercepted.
The attack came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a phased ceasefire between Israel and Iran, set to be implemented within 24 hours. Under Trump's outline, Iran agreed to halt its fire for 12 hours, after which Israel was expected to observe a similar pause.
First published: 18:06, 06.24.25