The funerals of three members of the Salomon family, murdered Friday night by a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank settlement of Halamish, begins in Modi’in in central Israel.
Local authorities say they expect some 10,000 people to attend the funerals.
Yosef Salomon, 70, and his two children Chaya, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, were stabbed to death in their home by 19-year-old Palestinian Omar al-Abed during a celebration of the birth of a grandson. Yosef’s wife, Tova, 68, was seriously wounded and taken to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem where she underwent surgery on Saturday morning and is currently recovering from her wounds.
The funeral begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Municipal Cemetery in Modi’in, where two of three surviving children live.
Police have closed all access roads to the cemetery from Routes 1 and 443, and the Modi’in municipality will be providing shuttle buses from several sites in the city.
— Raoul Wootliff
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