Funerals for 2 civilians, soldier killed in Monday's attacks

[A portrait of a nation: three fatalities, one Arab, one Hebrew, one Druse, all Israeli]

Kol Israel 30.12.08 - 13:01 IST:

Funerals are being held for the two Israeli civilians and soldier who were killed in Monday's rocket attacks. Hani al-Mahdi, the 27-year-old construction worker killed in the Grad rocket attack on Ashkelon was laid to rest in his hometown Aruar, in the Galilee.

The funeral for 38-year-old Irit Shetreet, killed in a Grad rocket attack on Ashdod on Monday night will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Ashdod cemetery.

Sergeant Major Lutafi Nasraladin, 38, of Daliat al Carmel will be buried Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the cemetery of his hometown. He was killed in a mortar attack on Nahal Oz in the western Negev.

Posted on 30 December 2008 @ 13:52 GMT