With chaos engulfing northern Israel amidst an onslaught of Hezbollah rockets, a young yeshiva student tragically lost his life in a car accident.

According to YWN News, the crash occurred early Sunday morning near Ramat Yishai, as rocket sirens blared across the region. A 20-year-old yeshiva student, driving with four passengers on Route 77, apparently panicked at the sound of the alarms and veered off the highway, colliding with a barrier.

Emergency services rushed to the scene, but paramedics were forced to pronounce 17-year-old Noam Yechiel dead. A celebrated student at Yeshivas Bnei Yissachar in Hadera, Noam was returning to yeshiva after spending Shabbat in Meron for a friend’s wedding celebration. The driver of the vehicle suffered moderate injuries and was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa, while the two other passengers sustained minor injuries.

Israeli Police have launched an investigation into the accident.

Over 70 communities in northern Israel were jolted awake by air raid sirens this morning. According to the IDF, approximately 150 rockets and drones were launched from Lebanon towards Israel over the last 12 hours. Affected areas included Yokne’am, Nazareth, Afula, as well as communities in the Lower Galilee, Jezreel Valley, and the Carmel region.

Initial reports suggest that Hezbollah may have deployed its Fajr-5 missile for the first time since 2006. While most rockets were intercepted by Israel’s missile defense systems, one injury has been confirmed by Arutz Sheva.

Hezbollah quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it was in retaliation for the Mossad’s explosive pager operation.

Watch below as Noam sings with his father, famous chazan Erez Yechiel.