Israel holds official funeral for Indian foreign worker killed in Hezbollah attack

The Israeli government held an official funeral today (Thursday) for Pat Nibin Maxwell, an Indian foreign agricultural worker killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack on Monday.

The funeral was attended by Interior Minister Arbel, Population and Immigration Authority Director Eyal Sisso, as well as other Israeli government representatives and Indian diplomatic representatives.

Maxwell was killed near Margaliyot when an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah killed him and wounded two other Indian agricultural foreign workers nearby.

The Interior Minister ordered the removal of foreign workers to safer areas inside the country and away from the border, and the Population and Immigration Authority has already evacuated six such workers.

According to the Hindustan Times, Maxwell was a 31-year old man from India's Kollam district. He arrived in Israel two months ago on a work contract, and is survived by a wife and five year old daughter, who is pregnant with his second child. He also has two brothers, one of whom is working in Israel, too.