David Hatuel, whose wife and four daughters were murdered in a 2004 terrorist attack, welcomed a daughter to the world on Thursday. The baby girl and her mother Limor are in good health.
Hatuel’s first wife Tali and their four daughters were murdered while driving near their home in Gush Katif in an attack that shook the nation. The girls ranged in age from two to eleven years old.
Tali Hatuel was eight months pregnant with the Hatuel’s first son at the time of the attack. She and her daughters were shot at point-blank range by Islamic Jihad terrorists, who launched their attack from abandoned buildings near the Kissufim Road, which the Israeli Supreme Court had forbidden the army to remove.
After mourning his family, David Hatuel explained that he had two options: to fall and let the tragedy destroy him, or to choose life. He was subsequently evicted from his home, still filled with memories of his family, as part of the Disengagement.
His friends described the new Hatuel family as “tired but exuberant” on Thursday afternoon.
Netzarim Finds New Home
Residents of the community of Netzarim, expelled from their homes in central Gaza and resettled in the Samaria city of Ariel, have issued an open invitation to the public to join them in dedicating a new synagogue, outreach center and Torah scroll on Monday, March 19th.
The building will be called Netzer Ariel. One of the outreach goals of the center will be to counter heightened missionary activity in the city, which is populated by many students and immigrants. Activists say the town has 14 active church groups and just four synagogues. “Residents made a decision to form the community of Netzer Ariel to serve as a beacon of Torah and tradition in order to strengthen Jewish life and Jewish values for the residents and large student population of Ariel,” a statement said.
The dedication will begin at 4 PM at 4 Ramat HaGolan Street (signs will be posted).