A Chabad family in Lod was miraculously saved on Motzaei Shabbos after a large fragment from an Iranian missile struck their home during the latest barrage toward central Israel.

The incident took place at around 10:00 PM, when a missile fragment slammed into a residential building in Lod where several Chabad families live. One Chabad family escaped unharmed after going to the stairwell during the siren, rather than remaining inside the apartment.

Baruch Hashem, there were no injuries, but significant damage was caused to the home.

According to initial reports from the scene, the family had been inside the apartment shortly before the impact. In what residents described as a clear neis, the children had just finished bathing and left the bathroom only about five minutes before the missile debris crashed through the roof and destroyed the bathroom and nearby area.

Lod Mayor Yair Revivo arrived quickly at the scene and spoke about the magnitude of the miracle.

“Good evening. A great miracle took place on Motzaei Shabbos, here in the Eshkol neighborhood, two hours after Havdalah,” Revivo said. “The family that was here during the siren went to the most protected place available. They could have been in the bathroom and not had enough time to reach the neighborhood shelter, but they went down to the stone stairwell.”

Pointing to the damage inside the home, he said, “You can see the great miracle here in the inner room, in the bathroom. Five minutes after the children finished showering, remnants of the missile penetrated the tiled roof and destroyed the shower and bathroom. There is no doubt that if anyone had been here, it could have ended in a very serious tragedy.”

Revivo stressed the importance of following safety instructions during alerts.

“Here is yet another example that when people follow the instructions, lives are saved,” he said. “The priority is to go to a shelter or a protected room. For those who do not have enough time, because the warning was short, they should go to the most protected place possible, first of all a stone wall and an internal stairwell. Certainly, they should not remain in a home with a plasterboard ceiling.”