A British expat told last night how he and his son barely escaped with their lives after an Iranian missile exploded next to them in a bombing raid – as the first UK evacuation flight took off from Tel Aviv.
David Mason, 54, was lucky to survive Friday’s attack on Haifa, in northern Israel.
The Rochdale-born father, who has lived in the country for 35 years, was with son Itay, 16, when the alarms warned of enemy fire.
Unable to reach a shelter, they initially took cover with others underneath a bridge.
From his hospital bed, Mr Mason told the Mail last night: ‘We pulled over and ran for shelter but we had no idea where to run to, so we decided to run towards this bridge. There were a lot of people huddled under the bridge but I felt it wasn’t safe, because if the bridge collapsed we would all be history. I then saw an underground car park close by.
