Moran Amit

Feb 8, 2002 - Moran Amit, 25, of Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi was stabbed to death by four Palestinians, aged 14 to 16, while strolling in the Peace Forest, below the Sherover Promenade in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood Friday afternoon.

Moran Amit, a second year law student at Haifa University, was strolling with her boyfriend Gili Nov, a Jerusalem lawyer, when they were attacked by the group of four youths. She tried to flee, while her boyfriend ran to call for help. Police began an immediate search for Amit but found her only some 40 minutes later. She was taken to Hadassah Hospital, where she later died of her wounds.

Moran was born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi in the Upper Galilee. Kibbutz Kfar Hanasi was founded in 1948 by British members of the Zionist youth movement, Habonim, including Moran's grandparents Tommy Amit and Marion Gershman. The couple, who have since both remarried, are retired and still live on the kibbutz. Marion is a former Londoner and Tommy, a keen archaeologist, was born in Germany and raised in Britain. Their son, Gadi, was Moran's father. Moran's mother, Ruthie, was born in New York and moved to Israel as a teenager.

Moran also worked for Yedioth Ahronoth's Internet site, Ynet, since last April managing its singles forum. According to Riki Cohen of Ynet: "She was an intelligent person, she had interesting observations an opinions. That is what helped Moran maintain a regular, qualitative group in the forum."

Moran Amit will be buried later this week, since the family is waiting for her brothers to return from abroad. She is survived by her parents and two brothers.