Family from Nokdim settlement named in deadly Negev crash

26 April 2023, 6:23 pm

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Authorities name the small child killed in a traffic crash in Israel’s south as Ma’ayan David Domnovitch, from the settlement of Nokdim, southeast of Jerusalem.

Ma’ayan David Domnovitch in an undated picture provided by the family. (courtesy Domnovitch family via Gush Etzion Regional Council)

The 1-year-old was killed when the car his family was riding in collided with another vehicle on Route 40 in the Negev desert just before noon on Wednesday.

The child’s father Ilya Domnovitch and brother Uri, 7, remain in serious condition at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.

Mother Ayala Domnovitch asks for prayers on behalf of the family, the Gush Etzion Regional Council says. She is hospitalized with moderate injuries alongside her sons Neta, 6, and Shachar, 4.