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Eliyahu Ben-Ami

8 Dec 2000
 
  Eliyahu Ben-Ami

                                      

Dec 8, 2000 - Eliyahu Ben-Ami, 41, was mortally wounded when a car full of gunmen sprayed the van which he was driving near Kiryat Arba.

Ben-Ami, father of two, was mortally wounded while driving a group of teachers to work in Kiryat Arba. Palestinian gunmen attacked them in a drive-by shooting. One of the passengers, Rina Didovsky, died instantly of head wounds. Another was injured in the shooting. Ben-Ami was seriously injured in the stomach and lost control of the van, which rolled off the road. He later died of his wounds in hospital.

Eliyahu Ben-Ami leaves behind a wife, Mazal, and two daughters, Mor, 13 and Rachel, 11 years old. Ben-Ami was buried in Rehovot.

 
 
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