Mar 15, 2009 - Warrant Officer David Rabinowitz, 42, of Ariel, was killed in a shooting attack near Massua in the northern Jordan Valley.
Police officers David Rabinowitz and Yehezkel Ramzarkar were patrolling Route 90 in the Jordan Valley in a police car shortly after 8 p.m. when they were shot at point-blank range by one or more terrorists. The two policemen apparently stopped to help the terrorists who pretended to have a flat tire. The "Imad Mughniyeh Group" claimed responsibility for the attack.
David was born in Kiryat Shmona and grew up in Kiryat Bialik, north of Haifa. He attended the ORT Dafna high school and the Israel Air Force technical school. He served in the Air Force as a mechanic. At the age of 25, while a student at Haifa University, he joined the Israel Police. David's brother Sharon relates that he was a sensitive person who enjoyed his work. Every free weekend he would visit his parents to help them. He was particularly devoted to his mother. "He so loved to help people," Sharon said, "and was killed trying to help." David was divorced. His son Eden recently celebrated his bar mitzva.
Warrant Officer David Rabinowitz was buried in Haifa. He is survived by his son Eden, 13, his parents Moshe and Ruby, and eight siblings.