Deaths of Asher and Yonatan Palmer
| The Death of Asher and Yonatan Palmer | |
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| Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict | |
  The attack site
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| Location | Kiryat Arba, West Bank |
| Date | 23 September 2011 10:00 pm |
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Attack type
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Attack on vehicle with 2 passengers |
| Weapons | Projectiles (stones) |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Perpetrators | Two Palestinians |
The deaths of Asher and Yonatan Palmer occurred on 23 September 2011, when a Palestinian stone throwing attack caused Asher, aged 24, to lose control of a vehicle he was driving near the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank, killing him and his infant son. Initially thought to be an accident, it was later deemed a terrorist attack by the Israel Police.
Two Palestinians confessed to the attack; a third, who stole from Asher's body, was convicted of theft.
Asher and Yonatan Palmer (Hebrew: אשר ויונתן פלמר) were from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba in the West Bank. Asher Palmer's parents are American immigrants to Israel, and he held US citizenship through them. He did his national service in the Israel Defense Forces as part of the hesder program, combining military service with religious studies, doing his service in the Israeli Navy, and was discharged several months before his death. At the time of his death, he was studying at the Jerusalem College of Engineering. After his death, the college started a scholarship fund named after him and his son dedicated to helping religious students support their families while studying. His infant son, Yonatan, who was killed with him, was two days short of his first birthday.
Asher Palmer's wife, Puah, is a nurse at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and was pregnant at the time of his death. She gave birth to a girl five months after the attack.
Asher and Yonatan Palmer were travelling by car along Highway 60 near Kiryat Arba to join Palmer's pregnant wife in Jerusalem. Two Palestinians hurled stones from their car which caused the death of Asher Palmer and his son after their car overturned. Asher Palmer's face was crushed in the lip region and he sustained fractures to his skull.
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