(Times of Israel) Stuart Winer - Ofer Ben Ari, 46, a married father of two daughters, was hit by gunfire Wednesday outside the Jaffa Gate of Jerusalem's Old City as two Border Police women shot at the Palestinian terrorists who were attacking Israeli passersby. An initial police investigation found that Ben Ari accosted the terrorists and struggled with them. The Border Police officers, who arrived shortly after the attack began, fired at the terrorists and a stray bullet hit Ben Ari. Police said Ben Ari acted as a citizen should and displayed "great courage." Rabbi Reuben Birmajer, a father of seven and member of the faculty at the Aish Hatorah yeshiva, also died after suffering deep stab wounds in the attack.
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