Yitzhak Kanner

Mar 28, 2002 - Yitzhak Kanner, 83, of Jerusalem was one of four members of the Gavish family killed in Elon Moreh, when a Palestinian terrorist infiltrated the hilltop community near Nablus, burst into their home, and shot them shortly before 9 P.M. .

Yitzhak Kanner came to visit his daughter Rachel Gavish and her family, for the Passover holiday. He was killed along with his daughter Rachel, his son-in-law David Gavish, and his grandson Yitzhak Kanner.

The terrorist continued to shoot from one of the rooms while neighbors and security forces returned fire. Others placed a ladder to allow family members on the top story to escape.The terrorist remained closed up in one of the top-story rooms, until he was shot and killed by security forces.

Yitzhak Kanner was buried in Elon Moreh alongside the members of his family. He is survived by his grandchildren Menashe (23), Yeshurun (2), Avigdor, (19), Tzofia (18), Leah (17), and Assaf (14).