Kerala man killed in Israel: Missile fell on “Maxwell” while working in the fields, 2 injured. An Indian citizen has died while two others are injured in an anti-tank missile attack in Israel. These three Indians are residents of Kerala. It is being said that this attack was carried out by the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah.
The Indian national killed in Monday’s attack on a plantation on the northern Israel border has been identified as Pat Nibbin Maxwell, 31 years old, from Kerala. Maxwell came to Israel about two months ago and worked as a laborer on a farm there.
Maxwell is survived by his wife and five-year-old daughter. His wife is seven months pregnant.
George was taken to the Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva after suffering injuries on face and body. He underwent an operation, is recovering well, and has been kept under observation. He could speak with his family in India,” an official source said.
Melvin was slightly injured and is hospitalised at Ziv Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Safed. He is from the Idukki district of Kerala.
Pathros Maxwell, father of Maxwell, who was killed in a missile attack in Israel, said that his daughter-in-law had called him and told him that his son had met with an accident. I have three sons, two of whom work in Israel while one works in Abu Dhabi.
Kerala man killed in Israel: Patnibin knew that it was not a safe zone
On Monday morning, when Maxwell phoned his family at home in Kollam, Kerala, he was his usual exuberant self. But his father detected an unusual undercurrent of anxiety.
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Patnibin , who was calling from Galilee, northern Israel, chatted to his seven-month pregnant wife Seyona, joked with his five years old daughter, Amiya, and then spoke to his father, admitting that the chichken farm at Margaliot, a moshav (collective agricultural community) where he worked, was no longer safe.
Hours later Patnibin was dead, killed in a cross-border anti tank missile attack by the Lebanese Shia milltant group Hezbollah. Seven others including two other Keralites were injured in attack
Patnibin’s father, Pathrose Maxwell revealed that there had been a similar attack two weeks ago in the same locality and he had advised his son to move to a safer zone. “However, he could not as he did not get consent from his sponser,” Pathrose Stated. “My elder son Nivin, who is also in Israel, called me around 4.30pm on Monday and told me that Nibin was injured in the attack and hospitalisd. Later, around 12.45 am, he told me that Nibin had died, “Pathrose said.
Patnibin moved to Israel to work in a farm on an attractive salary. Raised in a poor family- his father is a daily wage labourer- he was excited about going to Israel, believing his future was now secure. After securing a diploma in electrical engineering from Chvara ITI, Patnibin had moved to Muscat, where he had worked in an ice plant, and later shifted to Dubai to work in a manpower supply company. His wife Seyona, is a nurse by profession but not working at present.
Seyona’s sister is my eldest son Nivin work in Israel. They had arranged an agricultural visa for five years for Nibin to work thre, “Nibin’s father told.
Hezbollah shelled the farm in Galilee on Monday afternoon and patnibin and the other injured were rushed to a hospital nearby. His body is currently at Sieve Hospital. “We have been informed the body will be taken to tel Aviv on Wednesday and in four days it can be brought here, “said pathrose.
Hezbollah has been launching attacks on Israel’s northern communities and military posts since Oct 8 last year, saying it is doing so to support Palestinians in Gaza. Skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah have so far resulted in the deaths of seven civilians and 10 Israel Defence forces soldiers. IDF said on Monday they responded by targeting the launch site with artillery.