Victim Recalls Moments After Rocket Strike

Samuel Scharf, husband of Mira Scharf, seen at the Tel HaShomer hospital on November 16, 2012. Photo: Moshe Shai.

Two days after a rocket attack in Kiryat Malachi killed three, Shmuel Scharf vowed that he and his children will recover, following the loss of his 24-year-old wife Mira.

“I saw it was all dark,” Scharf said in an interview from the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, according to reports on Israeli news source Arutz Sheva. “I remember that I found the children, but I couldn’t find my wife. It is a miracle that the four of us survived.”

Four year old Yosef Scharf is still fighting for his life following the attack, while his two sisters, two year old Chana and nine month old Geula are staying with relatives.

R’ Chaim Kanievski paid a visit to Scharf in the hospital, giving him a bracha that both he and his children should have a speedy recovery from their injuries and expressing his condolences on the loss of his wife.

Update: A resident of Nachlat Har Chabad was filming outside her window on Thursday morning when a rocket hit the top floor of her building. The video is the sole footage of the strike which claimed the lives of Mira Scharf and two others.

To view the video, click here. [Warning: content may not be suitable for children.]

6 Comments

  • me

    He is a shliach of the Rebbe. PLease be respectful when writing articles on this poor family. His name is RABBI Shmuel Sharf.

  • Painful to read

    crownheights.info staff, please do us all a favor and remove #5’s post. it is blatant lashon hara and hurtful to all klal yisroel, not least of which your own staff for allowing such a thing to show up at all. this hatred is not what we need to bring Moshiach