Astonishing footage captured the moment an Israeli civilian was sent sprawling to the ground by a powerful blast on Monday, only to rise and walk away with remarkable composure.
The woman, whose identity remains undisclosed, is 34 years old and had just exited her vehicle when an alleged Iranian cluster bomb detonated alarmingly close to her in Petah Tikva, a city situated about six miles from Tel Aviv, according to Haaretz.
“It was a boom. I realized it was close,” recounted Merav, a resident in the vicinity, to the Israeli publication. “I left the safe room, and all the windows in the apartment were shattered.”
In the video, the woman is seen exiting her car as the explosive device initially partially detonated. Following Israeli Home Front Command’s security advice, she attempted to get down, but the device fully exploded before she could do so.
Despite the explosion’s proximity, she miraculously survived, sustaining severe chest injuries from the shrapnel.
She was swiftly transported to a local hospital, where medical professionals upgraded her condition from serious to moderate-to-serious.
Pictures showing her car with shattered windows were also shared online.
A second explosion also hit the city of 260,000, less than 200 yards from Monday’s strike.
“We’re completely under fire,” a resident said.
At least five waves of missiles were launched from Iran toward Israel on Monday, according to the Israeli military.
The bodies of four people were pulled from the rubble of an apartment building in Haifa, a day after an Iranian missile struck it Sunday.
The four fatalities — two men and two women — belonged to the same family, according to the Israeli military.
A total of 20 Israelis have been killed, including four minors, by Iranian missile fire since the start of the conflict on Feb. 28.
The attacks come less than two weeks after Iran launched a fresh wave of missiles at Israel, boasting that it would “remove any hope” of continuing US-led negotiations to end the conflict.
