Aviv Morag, 29, has been identified as the fatality in the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning. Morag was engaged to be married three months ago.
He is survived by his parents, David and Rachel, and by sisters Chen, Gili and Paz.
Aviv was born and raised in Caesarea. He learned in the B'Karem Maharal elementary school and the Hof HaCarmel regional high school. After high school he enlisted in the army, serving in the elite unit Sayeret Moran.
Following his army service he toured abroad, then returned home to Israel, where he worked in his father's electronics business. He was on the phone with his father when the conversation was suddenly cut off. “I thought he went into a meeting,” his father later said.
Workers at the family business saw pictures of the car Aviv had been driving online, and warned David Morag that his son had been in an accident. As David made his way to the hospital, he received a call telling him his son had been killed.
A friend of Aviv's recalled him as spontaneous and fun-loving, with many friends. “He could make friends with anyone, easily,” he said. Aviv's nickname was “Aviv Adventures Inc,” friends said.
Aviv's friends and family rejected claims that the attack Sunday was “a regular accident,” possibly caused by the driver having a stroke. “A 22-year-old man doesn't suddenly have a stroke,” they said. “It makes no sense that he would drive for two kilometers, hitting cars and traffic lights, all due to one stroke.”