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From the Liveblog of Saturday, August 19, 2023

Father and son terror victims named as Ashdod residents Shay and Aviad Nigreker

19 August 2023, 9:34 pm Edit

An undated photo shows Shay Silas Nigreker, 60 (right) and his 28-year-old son Aviad Nir, who were killed in a terror attack in the West Bank town of Huwara, August 19, 2023. (Courtesy)

The father and son killed in today’s terror shooting are named as Shay Nigreker, 60, and Aviad Nir Nigreker, 28, residents of the coastal city of Ashdod.

Ashdod’s Mayor Yehiel Lasri says in a Facebook post his city is mourning the death of the two whose “lives were taken in a cruel and criminal way.”

Lasri expresses condolences to the victims’ family and says the municipality will take responsibility for organizing a funeral.

The mayor gives his backing to security forces, and says he is confident “they are working diligently and will successfully catch the murderers.”

“As it is written in the book of Psalms 18: ‘I will hunt down my enemies and I will overtake them, and I will not return until they are all gone,'” Lasri writes.