"Daphna fought the terrorist not to harm the children, as she bleeds"

"The terrorist tried to hurt the children, too, and Daphna struggled to save her children", says last night (Sunday) resident of the settlement, Yehuda Glick. Meanwhile, the scans after the terrorist continue.

"Meir protected her children with her own hands," Glick said, "This little woman protected her children and actually the terrorist tried to go to the children, but she pushed him as she was dying. He fled and they called for help."

Yochai Damari, head of the Har Hebron Regional Council, also said that "The terrorist stabbed Dafna several times and made sure it was manslaughter. The mother during her struggle managed to make sure the children do not get hurt. The eldest daughter said that the terrorist fled because he could not pull the knife out from the body of the mother and murder the children too, it is shocking".

As mentioned, the woman killed in the brutal attack is Daphna Meir HYD, 38 years old. Meir was killed when three of her children were in the house. Meir is survived by her husband, Nathan, and six children: 17-year-old Renana, 10 years old Ahava, Akiva 15 and Noah 11 years old. She also took in two foster children, Yaniv 4 and Yair 6 years old.

The terrorist attacked the deceased in her doorway at the edge of the village. Three of her children were nearby, heard the mother screaming and came to the scene immediately. Her daughter called the security forces and the terrorist, as mentioned, struggled with mother, and fled the scene.

She was a nurse at Soroka Hospital in Beersheba, and an alternative caregiver, she was very well known in the community. She is survived by her husband Natan Ovadia Meir, of the heads of the community.

Soroka Hospital said: "The hospital bows its head and shares the grief for the loss of the family, Daphna worked as a nurse in the Department of Neurosurgery at the hospital. An appreciated, professional nurse and loved by her colleagues and patients. Giving others was part of her at work and in her private life."

The funeral profession will leave this morning (Monday) at 09:00 am from Othniel and at 11:00 from the eulogy home at Har Hamenuchot in Jerusalem, where she will be interred.

IDF forces searching for the terrorist.

Meanwhile, IDF forces continue searches, assisted by flares. After prolonged closure, Othniel residents were allowed to get out of their homes. Following the attack, tomorrow workers will not be allowed to enter Hebron Hills. Defense Minister Ya'alon spoke tonight with head of the Hebron Regional Council Yochai Damari, encouraged him and said that he had no doubt that security forces will lay their hands on the terrorist.

Tonight's stabbing attack raised the number of victims in the current terrorist wave to 29. MDA reported that in the four months over 200 stabbings, run over and shooting attacks were performed by terrorists, injuring 289 people - 25 of them seriously injured, eight suffered moderate to severe injuries, 43 were seriously injured, 11 sustained light to moderate and 202 people were lightly injured. More than 100 people suffered from anxiety.

At the entrance to Othniel. Photo: Jonathan Zindel, Flash 90

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