Zvi Goldstein Hy"d, 47, of Eli, was murdered and his
parents and wife wounded, when a terrorist shot up their
vehicle north of Ofra last Friday afternoon. The family was
heading for Jerusalem to celebrate Shabbos sheva
brochos with their son, David, who had been married the
day before.
Goldstein and his wife Michal are originally from New York
and moved to Eli five years ago. His parents, Eugene and
Lorraine came from New York for their grandson's wedding. Zvi
and Michal were also celebrating their 27th wedding
anniversary.
Goldstein was buried on Saturday night at Jerusalem's Har
Hamenuchot Cemetery. His parents, who were both seriously
wounded in the attack, are hospitalized at Jerusalem's
Hadassah-University Hospital in Ein Kerem.
Michal Goldstein, who was lightly wounded in the attack, was
released from the hospital on Saturday night to attend her
husband's funeral. Hamas claimed responsibility for the
attack.
Even after their vehicle was hit, Zvi Goldstein kept on
driving, determined to reach Jerusalem and get his parents
and wife treated. After 12 kilometers, he lost control of the
vehicle, which overturned and landed in a ditch. Officers who
reached the site thought at first that the car's occupants
had been involved in a road accident, but it soon became
clear that the family had been the victims of a terrorist
shooting.
"Two people were trapped inside the car and two others had
been thrown on the ground outside. We managed to extricate
one of the trapped people, the other was no longer alive and
we began treating the wounded, hooking them up to drips.
Within minutes extra teams arrived," Magen David Adom medic
Natali Ramati said.
Lior Shtul of Eli said, "Only on Thursday he danced at his
son David's wedding in the Hod Hasharon area, even though he
had problems walking due to polio he suffered as a child. He
was so happy, they are a wonderful family." The couple, he
said, was very much liked in the community, which is home to
both religious and non-religious families.
"A number of months ago their other child, daughter Hannah
was married," he said.
The Goldsteins, who lived in Brooklyn and Connecticut,
immigrated to Israel in 1992. They first moved to Neveh Tzuf,
and from there to Ma'aleh Adumim, and then to Eli five years
ago.
