David Tzarfati

Dec 12, 2001 - David Tzarfati, 38, of Ginot Shomron, was one of 11 people killed in a terrorist attack on an Israeli bus and several passenger cars near the entrance to Emmanuel in Samaria.

At 18:00 PM, on the fourth night of Hanukkah, three terrorists attacked a No. 189 Dan bus traveling to the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Emmanuel from Bnei Brak, as well as several passenger cars, with a roadside bomb, anti-tank grenades, and light arms fire at 18:00 P.M. Ten people were killed and about 30 were injured.

The Tzarfatis had been in Kfar Saba to see the doctor, who was treating Ya'akov for diabetes and a heart condition. David volunteered to drive his parents and brother Hananya to Emmanuel, where they had been living for the past month and a half. They were driving behind the No. 189 bus. After the first explosion, the two brothers, Hananya and David, covered their mother with their bodies, saving her life when the terrorists shot at them from close range. Ya'akov, Hananya and David Tzarfati were killed by the gunfire.

David lived with his sister Riki in Ginot Shomron and worked as a locksmith.

"They were a quiet family of believers, they never did a thing to hurt anyone," said Udi Lieberman, head of regional council Karnei Shomron.

David Tzarfati was buried in Kfar Saba, together with his father and brother. He is survived by his mother Dvora and his two sisters.