The Atar family has been identified as the victims of the car accident near the Dead Sea.
Parents Yariv, 45, and Shoshi, 47, were killed along with their six children: Yaakov Yisrael, 12, Ateret, 11, Ayelet, 9, Moria, 7, Yedid, 5, and Avigail, 3.
The family was from the central West Bank settlement of Psagot.
Yariv and Shoshi Atar, killed in a car crash near the Dead Sea on October 30, 2018. (Courtesy)The Atar family, killed in a car crash near the Dead Sea on October 30, 2018. (Courtesy)
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