By Haaretz and COLlive
Dror Khanin, 37, became the first Israeli to die from Hamas fire on Tuesday when he succumbed to critical wounds from mortar shell shrapnel at the Gaza border.
Khanin, a resident of the central Israeli town of Beit Areyeh, traveled south to distribute food to soldiers on the Gaza border. He reached the Erez border crossing, where he was hit by the shrapnel.
Khanin, who has also volunteered for Chabad in his community, was caught in the shelling while distributing food to soldiers and didn’t make it to shelter in time.
His body was riddled with shrapnel; he was pronounced dead at Barzilai Hospital in nearby Ashkelon.
He worked as an administrative official at a baby food factory, and later as a labor manager for a construction company.
He is survived by his wife Racheli, and their three children, ten-year-old Shaked, 6-year-old Yoav and 9-month-old Avigail.
One other person was lightly wounded in the same attack. Hospital officials told an interviewer on Israeli Army Radio that that the 44-year-old victim suffered shrapnel wounds to the face but was listed in good condition.
“It shows the humanity of Israel that its 1st casualty in Operation Protective Edge was a Chabad rabbi who came to give food to soldiers,” Jerusalem Post correspondent Gil Hoffman originally tweeted.
But Chabad Ashkelon wrote on Twitter that “as far as we know, the person killed is not a Chabad chossid. From an inquiry we made with the Shliach in the village the person lives, he is not a Chabad chossid.”
Haaretz reporter Anshel Pfeffer twitted: “Identification of Israeli civilian killed as Chabad hasid may be mistaken (they’re usually very active in bringing cakes and stuff to soldiers).”
Regardless of the person’s identity, Chabad of Ashkelon expressed its deep sorrow over the death of a Jewish person who was murdered because he was living in Israel.
So far Tuesday more than 100 rockets have been launched at Israel from Gaza. 47 of them fell in open land away from population centers, four struck inside built-up residential areas and 10 were intercepted by the Iron Dome, Arutz 7 reports.
Chabad of Ashkelon asked the public to say tehillim for Yariv Ben Mor Halevi, an alum of the Chabad school in Ashkelon, who was injured Tuesday morning from a Grad rocket.
Does anyone know which Chabad house he volunteered for or how to find out what his 3 children need who are now orphans? I manage a Gemach assisting orphans, usually at the time they marry, but we’d like to send some things to his children. Does anyone know how to contact them or which Chabad house he volunteered for? The Chabad house must surely know how to contact his widow. If anyone has info, please email us to [email protected] The needs of an orphan last for the rest of their lives. Anyone else who would like to contribute, we give… Read more »
AND THE LAST!!!
Bd”e Ad MOSSAI hashem in if already bring us moshiach today. Not the first but last casualty. Doesn’t matter if he was Lubavitch or not he was doing shlichus work out of complete mesirus nefesh . Please don’t give reasons such as the cease fire and the such since we’re not hashem and can’t make his cheshbonos or understand his ways. These will not be 3 weeks of war but rather a miraculous victory fought by hashem these will turn into 3 weeks of geula!!!! Hashem please protect us and cause the world to see your greatness by fighting for… Read more »
the Rebbe once mentioned when speaking about yud shvat 5711- he is avoiding using the word “first” yahrzeit hoping there will be no more
When I first saw the headline about agreeing to the cease-fire, my thoughts were the same as yours. Then after reading other articles I decided that it was actually a very smart thing to do, because Hamas refused, which makes them look bad to the world, including the other Arabs who were the ones that proposed it to begin with. We started bombing again after a few hours with a statement that since Hamas refused the cease-fire and is still firing rockets, we have the right to defend ourselves. Remember, Yaakov Ovinu taught us we have to do THREE things… Read more »
Please, the local shliach should start a fund for the family and publicize the link.
He should be the last Jew to pass away before Moshiach!
yeihafchu yamim eilu…
He is a Tzadik who should please be a gute beter for us all and and please batter down the gates of Golus
Ad mosai?????????
May Hashem comfort his family and bring him back in a guf with MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are not expecting any more. The article should say ‘last Jew’.
WHO CARES IF HE WAS A CHABAD CHOSSID OR NOT. A jew is a jew is a jew
5. And God called the light day, and the darkness He called night, and it was evening and it was morning, one day. ה. וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים | לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד: רש״י: יום אחד: לפי סדר [לשון] הפרשה היה לו לכתוב יום ראשון, כמו שכתוב בשאר הימים שני, שלישי, רביעי. למה כתב אחד, לפי שהיה הקב”ה יחיד בעולמו שלא נבראו המלאכים עד יום שני, כך מפורש בבראשית רבה (ג ח): one day: According to the sequence of the language of the chapter, it should have been written, “the first day,” as it is… Read more »
How tragic, unjust & unbearable that another one of our people were killed! I also think the “cease”fire was a HUGE mistake. Living in Israel especially during these times is very frustrating when you know that anyone at anytime can be hurt chas v shalom. We are all like helpless sitting ducks unless Netanyahu takes full action which he has yet to do. Instead he fired his Defense Minister for strongly voicing his opinions against the idea of a cease fire! Every siren in my own area or anyone else’s is terrifying even though B”H it is so obvious that… Read more »
Also give credit to the taxpayers.
please do not say “first” as there should not and will not be any more iy”H
This is a war of survival..Make no mistake about it. Israel is facing a determined enemy. I urge all to pray for the well being of our Holy Soldiers. As a father of an IDF soldier, my days are filled with fear and fright.Pray with your hearts and your souls. This is a war of survival for millions of Jews in EY.
First implies more CV! !!!! Moshiach now! Please remove that word
so so sad!he becamr another kadosh! hashem!ad masi?enough!!
A yid was murdered in cold blood
May Hashem avenge his death
MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can say that we suffered a horrible loss of life of a jewish man doing a mitzvah under the enemy fire. May his soul have peace in Gan Eden! He gave his life for Kiddish Hashem. We must stop defining him as his level of service. In the shamaim this is irrelevant! This is the time to pray for his soul and his family. He died as a hero! I also want to say that the system used to protect our people from the enemy rockets should have been called ” The shield of David”, or the shield of… Read more »
The Israeli Security Cabinet voted 6 to 2 for a cease fire, so it wasnt only Netanyahu.
Everything you said in your comment. May Hashem help that we be zocheh to Hashem’s ongoing miracles – as the rebbe said “Israel the safest place in the world” – “The Land that Hashem’s eyes are on it from beginning until the end of the year”.
When you write “first” it implies that more is to come.
It wasn’t rockets it was a mortar attack
In the Chabad community, many were shaken up by reports that a specific Chabadnik had ch”v been hurt; the job of a news organization is to clarify such rumors and help inform people what has happened.
If someone had said “BH not a Chabadnik!” that would be disgusting and inappropriate. Identifying the individual and clarifying where he’s from are simply responsible journalism.
However, COL should delete the comment with a specific (and BH incorrect) name.
Horrible title! First and LAST!! BDE may HaShem protect all Jews! Moshiach now!
משיח now
does it matter if he was a chabad or not, a jew got killed that is bad enough
Our people step into danger to help the soldiers. Their soldiers hide behind their people to kill others. Innocent people are being killed but each in a very different fashion.
Very tragic that it has come to fruition of first casualty. I believe that the ceasefire declared cost the Jewish people G-d’s miraculous protection. Netanyahu was fighting a milchemet mitzvah (very meekly if I may add) and thus had G-d as a partner and miraculously G-d’s Iron Dome protected the Jews from the over 1,000 rocket barrage. As soon as a premature ceasefire was called without achieving the war’s holy mission of protection of Israel, our partnership with G-d in this war has deeply suffered. To shame that the Jewish people don’t have true leadership of Moshiach Tzidkeinu or at… Read more »
Any volunteer who risks his life to help our soldiers is chabad!
Obviously,.
This is not divisive, this is just an amazing observation of how amazing the work we do is
‘First Jew killed’ implies that there will me more CH”V!!
PLease change the title ASAP!
#6, Read the headline
the sheliach says he is not chabad and he had to tweet it
please say the sheliach name
so he is not chabad
Why is this what we are discussing here?
If he is a chabad chossid or not? regardless its a yid that was r”l killed just because he is a jew.
I think we should be more concerned about his family and what they are going through as opposed to whether he is a shliach or chabadnik or not.
it says that when people die for mesirus nefesh, moshiach will come. this is a clear sign that today the 17 of tammuz moshiach will come today!!!!
Why Hashem??
Everyone increase tehillim there is literally a war in Israel.
Organize a pro israel rally because when the Jews are united Hashem protects them
It’s the LAST one. Because MOSHIACH MUST COME TODAY.
Please don’t use the word ” first”.
There shouldn’t be any more.
I donate $100 to a responsible Askan that makes sure his family gets it and encourage all of us it help as much as we can!
Ay
we’ve seen the largest barrage of records in the last few hours since the beginning of this war this is simply because Israel held back for 6 hours to attack Gaza and gave them all the time that needed to reorganizeis this government stupid or what
Someone make a petitition to cut all power to gaza!
Respectfully,
A Jew is a Jew is a Jew. Highlighting in the headlines his affiliation is divisive and offensive. Whatever his affiliation , may his blood be avenged . Please reference it in the article , should you so desire but headlines tell most of the story. Your headline implies that it would be less important if it was not a lubavitcher
whether chabad chosid, jew, civilian, it was simply a human killed for nothing.
this is one of the ugly sides of humanity and is done to and by all stripes.
What, so now you forgotten about that 78 year lady which died whilst trying to run for a rocket. Yes I understand she did not die because of the rocket having a direct hit, but she did die due to the tumor as an effect.
השליח של חב”ד בישוב של ההרוג – הרב נחום שטרסברג – נמצא בביתו של ההרוג עם המשפחה. לא מדובר בחבדניק.
Chabad Chosid or not… A jew is a jew!!!
i hear its chasid chabad?????
from the settlement of Beit aryeh
He is a shliach..