October 3, 2024: Israel vows response to Iran attack

The husband of one of the seven people killed in a shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday has described the agonizing search for his wife and baby while Iranian missiles rained down on the city.

His wife, Inbar Segev-Vigder, a 30-year-old fitness instructor, was traveling by light rail to her home in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa neigborhood on Tuesday evening when two men began stabbing and shooting people on the train and in the street.

According Yeari Vigder, his wife was carrying their 9-month-old baby boy in a carrier when she was shot at close range.

When he arrived at the scene of the attack to search for his wife, Vigder found their family’s dog, who was shot, but his wife and son were nowhere to be seen.

As the barrage of some 200 Iranian missiles began to streak the sky over his head, Vigder frantically searched for his family on the bloodstained streets around the light rail station.

He eventually found his son, Ari, in a nearby children’s hospital where he was being looked after by doctors in an underground safety room.

“Ari has no scratch on his body,” Vigder said. “It’s amazing, it’s our little miracle in this whole story.”

He said his wife “was everything for us. We loved her so much. We still love her.”

Sixteen people were also wounded in the attack on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa, according to Israeli Police. The incident happened just minutes before Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel, its largest-ever such attack, sending sirens blaring across the country and residents running to bomb shelters.

Israeli authorities identified the gunmen as Muhammad Mask, 19, who was killed at the scene, and Ahmed Himoni, 25, who was severely injured. Police said the pair were residents of Hebron, a Palestinian city in the occupied West Bank. Hamas later claimed responsibility for the attack.