A Jewish woman was brutally murdered while defending her children from a terrorist who broke into their home in Otniel on Sunday afternoon.
Dafna Meir, 39, was at home with three of her six children in the Judean town of Otniel, located in the Hebron hills, when an Arab man entered her house. Meir struggled with the terrorist in the entrance of the house in an attempt to keep him away from her children, receiving multiple fatal stabbing wounds.[...]
Dafna Meir, 39, was at home with three of her six children in the Judean town of Otniel, located in the Hebron hills, when an Arab man entered her house. Meir struggled with the terrorist in the entrance of the house in an attempt to keep him away from her children, receiving multiple fatal stabbing wounds.[...]
Meir
was mother to four children between the ages of 11 and 17, and two
foster children, both under five. A nurse in the neurosurgery department
of Soroka Medical Center, Meir was known for her joyful demeanor and
generosity.
She worked with the Summit Institute,
an organization which gives assistance to disadvantaged Israeli
children struggling with trauma, mental illness, family crises, and
special needs. Meir and her family had taken in two young foster
children as part of the Institute’s family-based residential foster care
program, one of whom has special needs. [...]
Yishai Klein, a neighbor of Meir’s, told Ynet, “She was a happy woman, joyful, optimistic, driven, responsible, loving.”
Meir’s
friend Liron Steinberg added, “She always looked for how to help.” She
said that Meir had often invited troubled kids from a nearby youth
village to her home if they didn’t have a place to go.[...]
A tragic and painful event. Hashem yeracheim.
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