August 23, 2019
Rina Shnerb Is Killed Near Dolev
Historical context
On 23 August 2019, a bomb killed 17-year-old Rina Shnerb as she hiked near Dolev with her father and brother.
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- August 23, 2019
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On this day, Rina Shnerb was killed near Dolev. The BBC records that the 17-year-old was hiking with her father, Eitan, and her brother, Dvir, near a spring outside the settlement when an explosive device detonated. Her father and brother were seriously wounded and flown to a hospital in Jerusalem.
She was buried in Lod, the family's hometown.
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- Israeli teenage girl killed in West Bank bomb attack · BBC News · BBC News View source
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