A Holocaust survivor who was seriously injured by an Iranian missile during the 12-day war with Iran in June died Saturday at her home in Rehovot.
Olga Weissberg, 91, collapsed at her home late on Saturday, and Magen David Adom medics who were called to assist declared her dead at the scene.
According to Hebrew media reports, Weissberg was seriously wounded as a result of an Iranian strike on June 15, but had since been released from hospital to her home.
It was not clear from initial reports if she had died as a result of the injuries she had sustained in the June attack.
The Kikar HaShabbat website reported that her medical condition had deteriorated in recent days.
Weissberg was to be laid to rest at 5 p.m. Sunday at the Rehovot New Cemetery, located in Yehuda Gorodiski Street. Her family invited members of the public to attend.
Damage to the Weizmann Institute of Science from a June 14, 2025, Iranian missile strike in Rehovot, pictured on June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
She is the second Holocaust survivor whose death has been linked to the Iranian missile assault on Israeli cities during the war. Ivette Shmilovitz, 95, was one of four people killed in a missile strike on Petah Tikva.
Shmilovitz was in a building next to one that was directly hit, and was killed by the shockwave.
Ivette Shmilovitz, 95, a Holocaust survivor who was killed by an Iranian missile in Petah Tikva on June 17, 2025. (Social media, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
At the end of July, an 85-year-old man who was injured in the Rehovot missile attack succumbed to his wounds.
In total, the toll from Iran’s missile attacks is 31 people, with over 3,000 wounded, according to health officials and hospitals. In all, there were 36 missile impacts and one drone strike in populated areas, causing damage to 2,305 homes in 240 buildings, along with two universities and a hospital, and leaving over 13,000 Israelis displaced.
Israel killed senior Iranian military commanders, nuclear scientists, and hundreds of others during its bombing campaign against Iran. Israel said its large-scale assault on the country’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Republic from realizing its plan to destroy the Jewish state.
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