West Bank Shooting AttackDecember 31, 2000 |
Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane // December 31, 2000 |
Talya Kahane // December 31, 2000 |
On Sunday, December 31, 2000, Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, 34, his wife Talya Kahane, 31, and five of their six children were driving from Jerusalem, Israel to their home in Kfar Tapuah, Israel, when their van was struck by at least 60 machine-gun rounds. After being shot, Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev, the driver, lost control of the van, which resulted in the vehicle overturning. Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev died at the scene; his wife Talya died in an ambulance while en-route to a hospital in Jerusalem. All five children in the vehicle, girls, ranging in age from two months to 10 years, were injured, one seriously. At the time of the ambush, the Kahane family was returning home after having spent Shabbat (the Sabbath) in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, at age 4, immigrated from the United States to Israel during 1971, with his parents. He was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded the Kach (Israel political) party, and who himself was murdered by an Arab terrorist gunman in New York, in November 1990. After his father’s death, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane headed the “Kahane Chai” (Kahane Lives) movement, which he established to continue the legacy of his father.
Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane was buried in Jerusalem with his wife Talya, and is survived by their six children, Yehudit, Meir David, Batya, Tzivya, Rivkah, and Shlomtziyon, who are being raised by Talya’s younger sister and her sister’s husband.
Rabbi Binyamin Kahane, at age 4, immigrated from the United States to Israel during 1971, with his parents. He was the son of Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded the Kach (Israel political) party, and who himself was murdered by an Arab terrorist gunman in New York, in November 1990. After his father’s death, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane headed the “Kahane Chai” (Kahane Lives) movement, which he established to continue the legacy of his father.
Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane was buried in Jerusalem with his wife Talya, and is survived by their six children, Yehudit, Meir David, Batya, Tzivya, Rivkah, and Shlomtziyon, who are being raised by Talya’s younger sister and her sister’s husband.
