Gideon Lichterman

May 5, 2003 - Gideon Lichterman, 27, of Ahiya, was killed and two others, his six-year-old daughter Moriah and a reserve soldier, were seriously wounded when terrorists fired shots at their vehicle near Shvut Rachel, in Samaria.

At 10 P.M., Gideon Lichterman went to pick up a neighbor, a reserve soldier who called to ask for a lift home from a nearby intersection. Not wanting to leave his six-year-old daughter alone, he took her along. Shots were fired at the car from an ambush, and all three were hit. The father, mortally wounded, apparently got out of the vehicle trying to reach nearby Shvut Rachel on foot to summon assistance. He was found in the brush nearby. Resuscitation efforts on the scene were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead.

Gideon, originally from Haifa, attended yeshiva at the Kfar Haroeh high school and afterwards in Beit El, and served in the IDF. He was married seven years ago and settled with his wife Liat in Beit El. They moved to Ahiya last summer, and Gideon continued his studies at the yeshiva in Ma'aleh Ephraim.

A neighbor, Haya Rabinovitch, related that Gideon enjoyed helping others and dreamed of developing the small agricultural settlement established six years ago as part of the Shilo bloc. The residents had planted an olive grove and built an olive press.

Gideon Lichterman was buried in Haifa. He is survived by his wife Liat, pregnant with their second child, and his daughter Moriah.