3 police officers killed in shooting attack named; daughter of one was killed on Oct. 7

By Emanuel Fabian

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1 September 2024, 2:05 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

L-R: First Sgt. Roni Shakuri, Command Sgt. Maj. Hadas Branch, and Ch. Insp. Arik Ben Eliyahu, killed in a shooting attack in the southern West Bank, September 1, 2024. (Israel Police)

The three police officers killed in this morning’s shooting attack in the southern West Bank are named as Ch. Insp. Arik Ben Eliyahu, Command Sgt. Maj. Hadas Branch, and First Sgt. Roni Shakuri.

Ben Eliyahu, 37, from Kiryat Gat, is survived by his wife and three children.

Branch, 53, from Sde Moshe, is survived by her husband, three children, and a granddaughter.

Shakuri, 61, from Sderot, is survived by his wife, a daughter, and a granddaughter.

Shakuri’s daughter, First Sgt. Mor Shakuri, was killed battling Hamas terrorists who were trying to take over the Sderot police station on October 7.