Publication date: 2024/12/21 (Last updated: 2024/12/21 17:31)
Tel Aviv Ma’an Hebrew media reported on Saturday that an Israeli citizen died after suffering a heart attack during a warning alert by a missile fired from Yemen, which then exploded in the Jaffa area.
The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Rishon Lezion resident Benjamin Pletcher, 68, died last night after suffering a heart attack while on alert for a missile launch from Yemen.
Relative Rital Oren said Benjamin had no shelter, so he ran to the stairs of the building with his brother and mother. He added: “He felt tired and sat down on the stairs and then lost consciousness.”
Later, with the help of his family and neighbors, he returned to his home and called an ambulance. Oren said: “While waiting for an ambulance, he lost consciousness again. When Magen David Adom crew arrived at the scene, the cause was determined to be cardiac arrest. They spent 45 minutes We tried to revive him, but to no avail.” . ”
Oren noted that her uncle only had one kidney but had no other health problems. She said: “His death was sudden and shocking to all of us.
“At around 4 a.m., staff received a report of a person feeling unwell at a home in Rishon Lezion, where the person lost consciousness and collapsed,” Magen David Adom said in a statement. I received treatment,” he said. And although they tried to resuscitate him for a long time, they were forced to declare his death “on the spot”.
