Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai
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Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai

On 24 December 2009, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near Shavei Shomron in the West Bank, killing an Israeli settler. The Imad Mughniyeh Group, a little-known affiliate of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the armed wing of the Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the attack.

On 24 December 2009, at around 4:30 PM, Meir Hai drove his minivan out of the village of Einav and headed towards his home at Shavei Shomron. While driving on Highway 57, a group of Palestinian militants driving a golf vehicle drove next to Hai's vehicle and opened fire at him, apparently with an automatic weapon, hitting him in the head with 10 bullets. Hai's vehicle swerved to the side of the road.

The attackers fled the scene and abandoned their vehicle near the village Asira ash-Shamaliya after setting it on fire. A team of Magen David Adom paramedics was urged to the scene. They found Hai in his car, unconscious, bleeding massively, with no pulse and not breathing. After resuscitation efforts, the paramedics team pronounced his death.

According to an anonymous Israel Defense Forces officer, a week before the attack, Israel had removed a traffic-monitoring roadblock about 150 metres (490 ft) from where Hai was shot. The attackers apparently fled to Asira ash-Shamaliya. through the point where the roadblock previously stood

Rabbi Meir Avshalom Hai (alt. Chai) was a 45-year-old Israeli rabbi and father of seven who lived in the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron located in the northern West Bank, where had resided for 14 years before his murder. Hai was a Torah teacher and principal at the Shavei Shomron school.

Hai was the son-in-law of the former Immanuel mayor Eliyahu Merav and was also a well-known member of the Bratslav Hassidic community.

The Imad Mughniyeh Group, a little-known affiliate of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the attack. The group said its members "withdrew from the area safely." It also warned of "a series of attacks to come."

The three militants involved in the killing were:

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