The rabbi of the haredi community in the Negev city of Ofakim - Rabbi Shimon David Pincus, 56 - as well as his wife Chaya, 48, and their daughter Miriam, 19, were killed in a car accident near Beit HaG\'di. Three of their other children - Rachel, Yosef, and Shalom - were injured moderately and seriously. The family has nine other children who were not hurt. Their car suddenly veered to the side of the road, hit a tree, and turned over.