Culture Minister Miki Zohar paid tribute to Lena on X, noting the impact she had on the \u201cgenerations of actors who passed through her studio.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery one of the murdered civilians is a world unto themselves. I send my condolences to the families of the murdered and their loved ones. May their memory be blessed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was a mythological teacher. There were not many actors in the country who did not know her,\u201d said actress and theater director Keren Tsur.<\/p>\n
\t According to Ynet, Dimitri and Lucille Jane had traveled up to Haifa on Sunday from their home in Herzliya to escort Vladimir home after an extended hospital stay, just hours before the missile hit his home.<\/p>\n \u201cDima managed to bring Vladimir back from the hospital, and, unfortunately, the missile hit the residence, killing the four of them. All the floors collapsed on the first floor where they lived,\u201d a friend of the family recounted.<\/p>\n Dima, an only child to his Ukrainian immigrant parents, married Lucille Jane in April 2024, Israel Hayom reported. Originally from the Philippines, she moved to Israel after meeting Dima in her home country.<\/p>\n A friend of the family told Ynet that Lucille Jane had initially been scared to move to Israel, but she ultimately \u201cchose to follow their love.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey dreamed of a family and children \u2014 dreams that will no longer come true,\u201d the friend said.<\/p>\n \t In a statement carried by Hebrew media outlets, relatives of the family remembered them as people \u201cwith hearts of gold.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey were always kind and courteous to everyone they met. They loved life, loved culture, and loved to travel. They left a mark of light wherever they went,\u201d the family recounted. \u201cWe as a family are heartbroken. Losing them is a terrible tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n President Isaac Herzog offered his deepest condolences to the Gershovitz family on X, calling them, \u201ca wonderful family that was wiped out in an instant by a criminal Iranian missile last night in Haifa.\u201d He also thanked the fire and rescue team and Haifa municipality, which acted with \u201cfull dedication and professionalism\u201d on the scene.<\/p>\n Former prime minister Naftali Bennett recounted on X that he had grown up in a home only minutes from the Gershovitz family.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard to grasp how the complete lives of four people were simply obliterated in an instant. All that there was is no more. The pain is too great to bear. May their memory be blessed,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \t The warhead of the missile did not explode on impact, but the kinetic energy from the strike caused several floors of the building to collapse, burying the four victims under rubble. An Israeli Air Force probe found that the missile was not intercepted because the projectile broke up in the air.<\/p>\n The Kan public broadcaster\u2019s news reported that the family did not have time to enter the building\u2019s shelter before the missile strike. The Home Front Command said the four were found at the bottom of the building, near the stairwell.<\/p>\n The ballistic missile strike that killed the four family members also left an 82-year-old man seriously wounded.<\/p>\n A 78-year-old woman was also lightly to moderately wounded, and two others \u2014 a 38-year-old woman and a 10-month-old baby \u2014 were both lightly wounded, the latter with a head injury.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for the Rambam Health Care Campus said Monday that the 82-year-old man had undergone surgery and was sedated and ventilated.<\/p>\n More than 500 ballistic missiles have been launched from Iran at Israel since the start of the war.<\/p>\n Israel launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the US, to degrade the Iranian regime\u2019s military capabilities; distance threats posed by Iran \u2014 including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs; and \u201ccreate the conditions\u201d for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.<\/p>\n Since the war began on February 28, 20 Israeli civilians and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel in Iranian ballistic missile attacks, along with four Palestinians in the West Bank.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tDima Gershovitz, with his wife, Lucille-Jane. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-family-haifa-640x400.jpeg\")
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\n\t\tHome Front Command search and rescue forces work amid the rubble of a residential building struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)<\/p>\n
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