The calls for assistance came in to MDA and Israel Police as neighbors saw smoke emanating from the sixth-floor apartment. Shalom Klein of ZAKA, who was on the scene, explained to Channel 2 News that he was two minutes away when the call came in and he went in with firefighters. “The scene was very difficult and I am with ZAKA for a number of years but seeing the four children near their mother, all lifeless, was a most difficult scene”.

Channel 2 reports that there were in the apartment for “hours” before help was summoned, not explaining how this transpired, but the children apparently were R”L burned to death. No additional details are being reported at this time but evidence on the scene is supporting theories of a murder/suicide.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)