- Source: Murder of Dvir Sorek
On 7 August 2019, 18-year-old yeshiva student Dvir Sorek was stabbed to death near the Israeli settlement of Migdal Oz.
Incident
Sorek was an 18-year-old Yeshiva student, was traveling alone from his yeshiva (named Machanayim) to Jerusalem to buy books for his rabbis as a gift for the end of the school year. He was apparently attacked on his way back, by (it was believed) two assailants, near a bus stop. Despite initially believing that his death was a kidnapping, Israeli security forces came to the conclusion that Soreks' death was a premeditated murder.
Two Palestinian men, 24-year-old Nazir Saleh Khalil Atafra and 30-year-old Qasem Araf Khalil Atafra, were arrested for the murder. Their houses were demolished.
Funeral
His funeral was held in Ofra, where Sorek’s family resided, the next day and thousands of people attended. Sorek’s father performed the eulogy.
Reactions
The United Nations peace envoy, Nickolay Mladenov, called the killing a "dangerous act."
The United Kingdom ambassador to Israel, Neil Wigan, hoped that the killers would "be brought to justice."
Aftermath
Two Palestinians accused of the murder were captured by Israeli soldiers in the village of Beit Kahil outside Hebron. The suspects were identified as 24-year-old Nazir Saleh Khalil Atafra, a Hamas terrorist, and 30-year-old Qasem Araf Khalil Atafra.
See also
List of terrorist incidents in August 2019
Murder of Ori Ansbacher (February 2019)
Murder of Rina Shnerb (23 August 2019)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Murder of Dvir Sorek
- Murder of Rina Shnerb
- 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack
- Murders of Neta Sorek and Kristine Luken
- 2014 Gush Etzion kidnapping and murder
- Murder of Asher and Yonatan Palmer
- Murder of Itamar Ben Gal
- 2014 Jerusalem unrest
- Murder of Ori Ansbacher
- Murder of Dalia Lemkus
