Buenos Aires Herald 
Four Argentines have been killed in Israel and four others are missing amid the attacks over the weekend by Hamas, the Palestinian islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.
The deceased include a father of three, the son of the AMIA Jewish cultural center’s former cultural director, an 80-year-old woman, and a woman on a kibbutz near Gaza.
At least 235 Argentine citizens will be evacuated from Israel, Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said during an interview with La Red radio station on Monday morning. The government is organizing an evacuation flight, although the date has yet to be set. He also confirmed that four nationals have been killed and four more are missing.
Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in years on Saturday, killing and wounding hundreds in a surprise assault that included gunmen crossing into Israel and a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza.
Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza, and formally declared war on Sunday. Almost 1,100 people had been killed in Israel and the Gaza Strip by Monday morning, Argentina time.
A woman named Ronit Rudman is the latest known Argentine victim in Israel. Her sister-in-law, Nathalie Sultan, confirmed her death in a Facebook post. Rudman’s husband and Sultan’s brother, Rolan Sultan, was also killed.
“My mind does not understand, my heart weeps, and words stop coming from feeling such pain; my dear brother and my sister-in-law were murdered,” Nathalie Sultan wrote on Sunday. “God will avenge their blood.”
Silvia Mikanosky Mirensky, who lived in a kibbutz near Gaza, was confirmed dead by her relatives earlier on Sunday. Her relatives told the press that the 80-year-old had died after her house caught fire in a bombardment.
The first confirmed Argentine victims were Rodolfo Skariszewski and Abi Korin. “We regret to announce the death of Rodolfo Fabián Skariszewski, a fellow countryman who lived in Moshav Ohad, Israel,” the Argentine embassy in Israel posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
“Some things are just unconceivable. Who would have thought this would be the last drink we would share together?” Skariszewski’s son, Yhonatan, wrote in a Facebook post with a picture of him and his father. “You will be in our hearts forever.”
Abi Korin’s death was announced Saturday by the Jewish News Agency (AJN, by its Spanish initials). According to AJN, Korin had emigrated to Israel at the end of the 1980s and was the son of Moshé Korin, who was culture director of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), one of the most important Jewish community centers in Argentina.
AMIA suffered a terrorist attack in 1994, leaving 85 dead and 300 wounded. To this day, it is the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history.
Korin’s mother told AJN that her son was responsible for security in his area and had died fighting.
In addition to the four deaths, four are missing, including brothers Iair and Eitan Horn.
Israeli authorities said over 700 people are dead and over 2,300 wounded because of the attacks. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, there have been 493 deaths and 2,751 injuries on the Palestinian side.
Safety for Argentines in Israel
After the fighting broke out on Saturday, the Argentine Foreign Ministry recommended all Argentine citizens currently in Israel to take the first available flight out of the country.
The Argentine consulate in Tel Aviv is creating a register of all nationals who may need to be evacuated from Israel. To be included, they must provide their full name, national identity document (DNI) number, a phone number, their current location, the contact information of a relative, medical conditions (if any) and any other relevant information at [email protected], the Foreign Ministry said.
For emergencies, they should call the Tel Aviv consulate’s emergency number: + 972 52 597 8359.
