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Inches from death
A child’s swing amid the devastation caused by the rocket attack on the Wolf family home near Tel Aviv
Three generations of Robert Wolf ’s family miraculously survived this week when a rocket from the Gaza Strip destroyed their home near Tel Aviv, writes Michele Chabin in Jerusalem. The British-born Israeli (pictured) remains deeply concerned about wife Susan, 59, daughter-in-law Yael and five-month-old granddaughter, Tamara, who are being treated in Kfar Saba’s Meir Medical Centre. His son Daniel and other grandchild Mia were also in the house when the rocket hit. He told Jewish News: “Tamara needs shrapnel removed from her head under general anaesthetic. My wife has shrapnel in her head, but that can’t be removed yet. Doctors are deciding how to deal with it.” Yael, who shielded Tamara with her body, also has shrapnel lodged in her back, as well as various cuts and bruises. The attack on a residential community in central Israel on Monday
stunned the Israeli public and sparked a short but intense military confrontation between the IDF and Hamas. Wolf, 60, originally from Portsmouth, and his wife, from Southgate, have lived in Israel since the 1980s. He runs a glass factory outside Tel Aviv. Growing up in the UK, he said he had never considered making aliyah. Then a trip to Israel sparked his interest. “I didn’t grow up in a Zionist environment. I took a cheap flight to Israel when I was 19 and thought I’d stay for six months. I worked on Kibbutz Geva [near Afula]. I decided to stay and serve in the army. After the army, I thought I might as well stick around.” Robert met Susan on a trip back to the UK when his father died. Their two sons were born in London, their two daughters in Israel. Despite the devastating loss of his home, Wolf said he feels “very lucky.” He adds: “My family being alive is all that counts.” He has no idea how and when he will be able to rebuild. “Ask me in a week, when things are clearer,” he said. Continued p2
Photo by Dan Assulin / Israel in the UK
Baby among six wounded after Gaza rocket destroys British family’s home near Tel Aviv