Brit mum of two sisters shot dead in Israel terror attack also dies of injuries sustained when car riddled with bullets | The Sun
THE mum of two British sisters shot dead in Israel has also died from injuries sustained in the same terror attack.
Lucy Dee, 48, was travelling with daughters Maia, 30, and 15-year-old Rina to the Sea of Galilee for a holiday when their car was riddled with 22 Kalashnikov bullets.
The sisters, who held joint British-Israeli citizenship, were killed in the initial attack and their mum has now died in hospital.
The news was confirmed by the Hadassah-University Medical Center who said "teams fought for her life over the past few days, in the trauma unit, the operating room and the intensive care unit where she was treated".
The hospital said that "unfortunately, despite intensive and unceasing efforts, due to her fatal injury" she passed away.
Police reported the vehicle in which the family was travelling had been sprayed with assault rifle bullets, leaving blood spattered on the windscreen.
Rabbi Leo Dee made an emotional speech at his daughters joint funerals, held in the Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion.
He cried: "Maia and Rina, you are two flames who have not gone out. You will bring more light to the world.
"You have inspired and loved us, in return we will love you forever."
He continued: "Now you are travelling to heaven."
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Recalling his older daughter Maia, he said: "You will always be an angel and you will always be our guardian angel."
Rabbi Leo remembered his younger daughter Rina as a great friend and student, who dreamt of travelling the world.
Rabbi Dee – who attended university in the UK – had been in a separate car travelling ahead of his family but realised there had been an altercation behind him.
He drove back to the scene fearing his family had been involved in a traffic accident then realised the car had come under fire.
It is understood the family moved from London to Israel in 2005.
They settled in Efrat, near the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, but retained their strong connection to Britain.
Gunmen are believed to have targeted the car simply because it bore Israeli registration plates.
The Israel Defence Force said the shooting was a terror attack and said surveillance camera footage showed the terrorists driving up to the victims’ car.
The attack was believed to be a revenge strike launched as tensions spiralled following police raids on the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
No group has claimed responsibility so far, but a Hamas spokesman hailed the attack as "retaliation for the crimes committed by Israel”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his condolences to the family.
"On behalf of all the citizens of Israel, I send my heartfelt condolences to the Dee family on the death of the mother, Lucy, who was murdered in the attack last Friday, along with her two daughters Maia and Rina," he said.
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