Soumya Santhosh had been working as a housemaid in Israel for the last seven years. (File)
Idukki:
The body of Soumya Santhosh from Kerala, who was killed in a Palestinian rocket attack in Israel on May 11, will be brought in Idukki on Saturday.
Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said on Friday that the body is being repatriated from Israel to Kerala via New Delhi.
“The mortal remains of Ms Soumya Santhosh, who was killed in rocket attacks from Gaza, are being repatriated today from Israel to Kerala through Delhi. They will reach her native place tomorrow,” Mr Muraleedharan said in a tweet.
“I will personally be receiving the remains in Delhi. May her soul rest in peace,” he tweeted.
The mortal remains of Ms Soumya Santhosh, who was killed in rocket attacks from Gaza, are being repatriated today from Israel to Kerala through Delhi. They will reach her native place tomorrow.
I will personally be receiving the remains in Delhi.
May her soul rest in peace.
— V. Muraleedharan (@MOS_MEA) May 14, 2021
Ms Soumya, 30, hailing from Keerithodu in Idukki district, had been working as a housemaid in Israel for the last seven years.
She was killed on Tuesday when the rocket fell on her residence in the city of Ashkelon while she was talking to her husband Santhosh, who is in Kerala, over video call, her family has said.