Main image: Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene of a ballistic missile strike from Iran in Bat Yam, June 15, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
As a result of Iran’s massive missile attack on Israel on June 14, five Ukrainian citizens were killed in the city of Bat Yam, including three underage children.
This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
“According to preliminary information from the Embassy of Ukraine in Israel, on June 14, as a result of a massive missile attack by Iran against Israel and a missile strike on a residential building in Bat Yam, five Ukrainian citizens were killed, among them three underage children,” the ministry stated.
The identities of the victims are currently being established. Ukrainian diplomats and consuls are in close contact with the Israeli police and other services to carry out identification and organize the repatriation of the bodies.
Rescuers in Israel have discovered the bodies of eight people who died as a result of the Iranian missile strikes on the night of June 15. Around 200 people were injured, and more than 30 are considered missing.
