Thousands gather in Modi'in as Salomon funerals get underway

Thousands of people are seen gathering at the Modi’in Municipal Cemetery in central Israel for the funerals of three members of the same family murdered over the weekend in a terror attack in the West Bank settlement of Halamish.

Several Israeli flags are being held by mourners attending the funeral.

Housing Minister Yoav Galant (Kulanu) and MKs Motti Yogev (Jewish Home) and Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) are also in attendance along with hundreds of members of the close-knit community.

Mourners attend the funeral of Yosef Salomon, 70, and his two children Chaya, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, who were stabbed to death in their home by 19-year-old Palestinian Omar al-Abed, July 23, 2017. (Raoul Wootliff/The Times of Israel) — Mourners attend the funeral of Yosef Salomon, 70, and his two children Chaya, 46, and Elad Salomon, 36, who were stabbed to death in their home by 19-year-old Palestinian Omar al-Abed, July 23, 2017. (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)

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.

— Raoul Wootliff