Cpl Elad Wallenstein

Nov 13, 2000 - Cpl. Elad Wallenstein, 18, of Ashkelon was killed near Ofra by gunfire from a car passing the military bus carrying him.

Navy Leading Rating Elad Wallenstein was killed in a terrorist attack in the West Bank. After opening fire against a civilian car killing one of the passengers, Sarah Leisha, the terrorists continued a few hundred meters, where they encountered a bus transporting sailors and airmen who were to be deployed on guard duty. They sprayed the military bus with automatic fire before fleeing toward Ramallah.

Wallenstein was in the navy, but had been doing a two-week stint of guard duty in a West Bank settlement. His funeral was attended by hundreds of Ashkelon residents, as well as fellow sailors and navy officers.

Elad was born and raised in Ashkelon. He attended a local high-school where his mother was the principal. Elad leaves behind his parents, Edna and Uzi and two brothers, Tomer, 26, and Devir, 23. He was buried in the Ashkelon military cemetery.