A Deadly Missile Strike Turned Tamra Into a Symbol of Anti-Arab Racism — and of Solidarity Across Divides - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A missile strike turned Tamra into a symbol of anti-Arab racism — and of solidarity across divides

Over the three-day mourning period, the Khatib family was visited by a steady stream of people from across Israeli society

A deadly missile strike turned Tamra into a symbol of anti-Arab racism — and of solidarity across divides - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

When Haviva Ner-David entered the Muslim-majority city of Tamra, about 15 miles from her kibbutz in the Lower Galilee, she was surprised to find it bustling. Despite the searing heat, ongoing Iranian missile strikes and the lack of bomb shelters, thousands had come to mourn four women from the Khatib family killed in a ballistic missile strike that Sunday. “The streets were filled with people stopping each other, asking where the men’s mourning …

In apparent shift, CNN describes Arab-Israeli towns as Palestinian

After an Iranian ballistic missile struck a home in the northern Israeli city of Tamra, killing a woman, her two daughters and her sister-in-law, news outlets faced an additional challenge beyond the sober responsibility of covering a tragic loss: choosing what language to use to describe these women and their ethnic identity. Tamra is an Arab town, with a history dating back hundreds of years. When Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited on Wedn…

Arab town in Israel weeps for four family members killed in Iranian strike

TAMRA, Israel - When a phone alert sounded on Saturday night to warn of Iranian missiles flying towards his town of Tamra in northern Israel, Nidal Abu Al Heija called his sister to tell her to take shelter with her daughters, but no one answered. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Arab Town in Israel Weeps for Four Family Members Killed in Iranian Strike