Inga Abramian, the resident of Rehovot in her 80s who was killed by the rocket strike in the city, will be laid to rest on Sunday.
The rocket was fired from Gaza and directly hit a four-story building on Smilansky Street, killing Inga and injuring thirteen other people to varying degrees. Inga is survived by her husband and two children.
Inga and her husband immigrated from Armenia to Israel about 30 years ago. She worked as a Russian teacher. Her family members said that her husband, who was confined to a wheelchair, had difficulty getting around. They estimated that this was the reason they did not have time to reach the shelter when the rocket attack sirens sounded. Her funeral will be held tomorrow at the Rishon Lezion cemetery.

Eva Gur, a member of the Rehovot City Council, wrote on her Facebook account: “We are pained by the fall of the rocket in a building in the center of our city. We have been informed of a fatality and several more injured. On this occasion, I send my condolences to the family and wishes of health to the injured.”
The commander of the Home Front Command, Major General Rafi Milo, said that in the building hit by the rocket there was an old and inactive shelter, which had become a storage room. The tenants could not enter it when the warning sounded and were exposed to the incoming rocket. Due to the damage caused to the building, the tenants were evacuated to a hotel for fear of its collapse.