TIMES OF ISRAEL
Terror at Halamish: When a family’s Shabbat celebration turned into a bloody massacre
by Staff
July 22, 2017
The family had gathered for a Friday night Shabbat dinner to celebrate the birth that morning of a grandchild. The Shabbat table was covered with a bright white tablecloth, laden with snacks, bottles of cola and an unopened bottle of whiskey. They were waiting for other guests to arrive, the door of their home at the settlement of Halamish apparently open. Instead, a 19-year old Palestinian, Omar al-Abed, from a nearby village, burst in armed with a large knife and began stabbing the members of the family. There were apparently 10 people in the house when he entered. READ MORE
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