Murders of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee
On 7 April 2023, three members of a British Israeli family, Lucy and her daughters Maia and Rina, were shot dead in the West Bank.[1]
Background[edit]
There was an upsurge in violence in Israel during April 2023, during which Easter, Passover and Ramadan unusually coincided. On 5 April the 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes, on 6 April the 2023 Israel–Lebanon shellings and on 7 April the 2023 Tel Aviv car-ramming.[2]
The Dee family had moved from London to Israel in 2014 and lived in Efrat, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.[1] The father, Leo, is a former rabbi and lives with his three surviving children.[1]
Attack[edit]
On 7 April 2023, Lucy Dee, 45, and her 20 and 15-year old daughters Maia and Rina were shot, reportedly by a "suspected Palestinian gunman", while traveling in a car in the West Bank.[1] They were driving through the Jordan Valley on the way to a holiday in Tiberias.[3] The attack occurred near the Hamra junction.[4] The victims were reportedly shot a total of 22 times with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, first while driving, and then at short range after crashing.[3] Maia and Rina died at the scene; Lucy in Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on 10 April.[1] The victims were buried in Kfar Etzion; Lucy's organs were donated to five recipients.[5]
Reactions[edit]
The attack was condemned by Israeli leaders including Benjamin Netanyahu[3] and Yitzhak Herzog,[1] and by British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis.[3]
A spokesperson for the Hamas movement called the shooting an "act of heroism", and the shooting was praised by Muslim worshippers at the Temple Mount.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Mother of British-Israeli sisters killed in West bank shooting dies
- ↑ British-Israeli mother dies 3 days after West Bank attack: hospital
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Maia and Rina Dee: Father mourns at funeral of sisters killed in West Bank
- ↑ Mother Wounded in Shooting Dies Three Days After West Bank Attack
- ↑ 'I am paralyzed by the pain': Hundreds accompany funeral of Lucy Dee
- ↑ Hamas, Islamic Jihad praise Jordan Valley shooting
 | This crime-related article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
  | This Israeli history article is a stub. You can help EverybodyWiki by expanding it. |
| 2021 |
|
|---|---|
| 2022 |
|
| 2023 |
|
Attacks launched by Palestinians from the West Bank
‡ indicates the terrorist attack which caused the greatest amount of Israeli casualties during the 2020s Å indicates the terrorist attacks which were carried out by Arab citizens of Israel during the 2020s
 | |
This article "Murders of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Murders of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
