The mom of two British-Israeli sisters killed in a capturing assault within the West Bank has died of her wounds.
Israel’s Hadassah hospital introduced the loss of life of Lucy Dee, 45, on Monday.
She had been in a coma after the household’s automotive was attacked by suspected Palestinian militants on Friday.
Her daughters, Maia and Rina Dee, aged 20 and 15, had been additionally killed when their automotive was shot at and compelled off the street.
The husband and father of the victims – who witnessed the assault from one other automotive – was unhurt however Mrs Dee was airlifted to hospital in a vital situation.
Rabbi Leo Dee broke down at his daughters’ funeral on Sunday as he paid tribute to his “beautiful angels”.
He additionally spoke of his hopes that his spouse would get well.
“How will I explain to Lucy what has happened to our two precious gifts?” he requested.
The assault occurred close to Hamra, about 30 miles north of Jerusalem, however the household are believed to have lived in a settlement close to Bethlehem.
Sky’s Middle East correspondent mentioned the concentrating on of automobiles with Israeli quantity plates within the West Bank had turn into “far more commonplace in the last few weeks”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the scene and has vowed to catch the killers.
He mentioned additional border police and IDF (Israel Defence Forces) had been known as up “to confront the terror attacks”.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews tweeted that “our hearts go out to the Dee family”.
“Our community, alongside Jewish communities around the world, mourns their loss. May their memories be for eternal blessing,” it added.
Rabbi Dee was senior rabbi at Radlett United Synagogue in Hertfordshire from 2011-2014 and assistant rabbi in Hendon, north London, from 2008-2011.
The household moved again to Israel in 2014, mentioned Mordechai Ginsbury, a rabbi on the Hendon synagogue.
He mentioned the Dees had been the “nicest, loveliest people” and he was “so, so sorry”.
“To think that in a few moments, so senselessly and painfully, this has happened, such a tragic loss of life, of goodness, is just devastating,” added Mr Ginsbury.
Italian vacationer Alessandro Parini was additionally killed on the identical day because the assault on the Dee household when a automotive drove at folks within the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv.
Police shot the attacker useless as he reached for his weapon however 5 different vacationers, together with Britons, had been harm within the incident close to the Charles Claure Promenade.
An Israeli safety supply recognized the assailant as an Israeli Arab from the city of Kafr Qassem.
Friday’s assaults got here after Israel launched early morning strikes on Lebanon and Gaza in response to rocket assaults on Thursday that it blamed on militant group Hamas.
Tensions are additionally excessive within the area following police raids on Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
Source: information.sky.com”