An Israeli woman has been stabbed to death in her home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel while she tried to protect her children.
The Blaze reports that Dafna Meir, a mother of six, including two
foster children, had previously expressed her fears of the increasingly
dangerous situation in the West Bank.
“Lately, I have had a lot of objections in light of the security
situation, thoughts about what is necessary and what is unnecessary to
do, about fears, about my husband and children,” Meir, who worked as a
nurse, wrote as a post for a community publication. “The situation is
not easy and sometimes it feels like Russian roulette.”
Meir reportedly wrestled with the attacker before he fatally stabbed
her. Her teenage daughter then ran upstairs with the other children and
contacted the family’s father.
“The terrorist tried without a doubt to hurt the kids and Dafna, who
was so small and short, fought him,” Yehuda Glick, a well-known
right-wing activist and a neighbor of the Meirs’ told Walla news, quoted
by the Times of Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to find the terrorist and bring him to justice.
“We will find the terrorist, and he will pay the full price for this
heinous murder,” Netanyahu posted on Facebook. “In the name of all
Israelis, I want to give strength to all the children of the family. All
of us are hurting and share in the painful grief.”
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