Tzachi Sasson

Feb 11, 2001 - Tzachi Sasson, 35, of Kibbutz Rosh Tzurim in Gush Etzion, was shot and killed by Palestinian gunmen as he drove home from Jerusalem.

Tzachi Sasson, 35, was shot in the head through the car windshield as he drove on the bridge that joins two tunnels on the bypass road from Jerusalem to the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. While the shooting continued, a Magen David Adom crew succeeded in transferring Sasson to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where he died of his wounds.

Tzachi, father of two children, aged 4.5 and 7, was employed as an electrical engineer in a high-tech plant in Jerusalem. He was driving home from work when he was killed.

Sasson's wife, Osnat, is a social worker who deals with victims of terrorism and the disabled. She said, "We knew it could happen to anybody, but we didn't talk about it and we hoped it wouldn't happen to us."

Tzachi Sasson was buried in Jerusalem.