Naomi Perlman, a 90-year-old widowed Holocaust survivor who lived in Ashkelon with Soumya Santosh from India, her 32-year-old nurse and caregiver. Their house was struck by a rocket fired from Gaza during Operation Guardian of the Walls. Soumya was killed on the spot. Naomi was rescued from the ruins,
but she was severely injured, and the doctors had to amputate both her legs.