""With a heavy heart": Saar meets in Kiev with the father of the family killed by the Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam

June Green
July 23, 2025   
Photo: 
Shlomi Amsalem, LPR

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who is on a state visit to Ukraine, met today (Wednesday) in Kiev with Artyom Burik, who lost his family in the Iranian missile strike on Bat Yam during Operation 'Am Kalavi'.

Artyom lost his 7-year-old daughter Nastya, who came to Israel for treatment for cancer, his wife Maria, and three other members of his family in the missile strike.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar: "With a heavy heart, I met in Kiev with Artyom Burik, who lost his family in an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam during Operation 'Am Kalavi.' I expressed my condolences and our participation in the sorrow and pain over the heavy and tragic loss. I told Artyom that the entire people of Israel are with him in his pain.".

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""I also heard from Artyom, who serves as a soldier in the Ukrainian army, about his military service on the front line. May their memory be blessed.".


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