David Gavish

Mar 28, 2002 - David Gavish, 50, of Elon Moreh was one of four members of the Gavish family killed in Elon Moreh, when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the hilltop community near Nablus, burst into their home, and shot them shortly before 9 P.M.

He was killed along with his wife Rachel, his son Avraham, and his father-in-law Yitzhak Kanner.

The terrorist continued to shoot from one of the rooms while neighbors and security forces returned fire. Others placed a ladder to allow family members on the top story to escape.The terrorist remained closed up in one of the top-story rooms, until he was shot and killed by security forces.

David Gavish and his wife Rachel, were among the founders of the Elon Moreh community. He worked as a teacher at the high school yeshiva in Karnei Shomron. "It will be hard to think of this place without David," said the high school principal. "Thousands of families are grateful for the education their children received from him."

David Gavish was buried in Elon Moreh alongside his family members. He is survived by his six children: Menashe (23), Yeshurun (2), Avigdor, (19), Tzofia (18), Leah (17), and Assaf (14).