Today is a day of funerals in Israel: those of five soldiers killed in the army vehicle accident yesterday, three members of the Pincus family who were killed in a car accident last night, and four members of the Dror family who died in yet another traffic accident in Scotland yesterday.
The five soldiers were killed yesterday afternoon when the armed personnel carrier in which they were traveling near Pnei Hever south of Kiryat Arba overturned. The victims are St.-Sgt. Idan Brody, 20, of Rishon LeTzion; Sgt. Yaki Bardugo, 19, of Hadera; Sgt. Ido Karni, 20, from Kibbutz Amir; Corp. Borosh Alisaf, 18, from Ra\'anana; and Sgt. Ido Klein, 19, of Yahud. Another soldier - Aviad Yitzchak ben Zahava Kolitz - is hospitalized in serious condition with a head wound.
One of the leading rabbis 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. Rabbi Pincus was well known as a lecturer throughout Israel and Jewish communities around the world.
In Scotland, four members of the Dror family from Be\'er Yaakov were killed when they were hit by a truck while attempting to merge into highway traffic. The father Ehud, his wife Ada, and their daughters Maya, 21, and Ya\'ra, 12, were buried in Yahud this afternoon. Ya\'ra\'s twin sister Reut is hospitalized in serious condition. The family\'s only boy - Nir, 17 - was in Israel when he heard of the accident.
Yet another traffic accident claimed another victim this morning: a pedestrian in Netanya.
The five soldiers were killed yesterday afternoon when the armed personnel carrier in which they were traveling near Pnei Hever south of Kiryat Arba overturned. The victims are St.-Sgt. Idan Brody, 20, of Rishon LeTzion; Sgt. Yaki Bardugo, 19, of Hadera; Sgt. Ido Karni, 20, from Kibbutz Amir; Corp. Borosh Alisaf, 18, from Ra\'anana; and Sgt. Ido Klein, 19, of Yahud. Another soldier - Aviad Yitzchak ben Zahava Kolitz - is hospitalized in serious condition with a head wound.
One of the leading rabbis 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. Rabbi Pincus was well known as a lecturer throughout Israel and Jewish communities around the world.
In Scotland, four members of the Dror family from Be\'er Yaakov were killed when they were hit by a truck while attempting to merge into highway traffic. The father Ehud, his wife Ada, and their daughters Maya, 21, and Ya\'ra, 12, were buried in Yahud this afternoon. Ya\'ra\'s twin sister Reut is hospitalized in serious condition. The family\'s only boy - Nir, 17 - was in Israel when he heard of the accident.
Yet another traffic accident claimed another victim this morning: a pedestrian in Netanya.