team and charged into the house and shot two militants dead, but was himself killed by a grenade that also fatally injured his wife Simcha. The rest of the takeover force, encouraged by Mordechai's daring move, broke into the house and in the resulting exchange of fire, killed the rest of the squad. Yaakov Mordecai was killed and Yitzhak Yosef-Chai, the father of the family taken hostage, and his son Avraham Yosef-Chai were seriously injured during the exchange of fire. Yaakov's wife Simcha was also injured, and died the next day in the hospital. Their infant son Assaf was saved because his mother hid him in a washing machine. Both Assaf and his brother Bezalel were wounded. Yaakov Mordecai was posthumously awarded the Medal of Courage. References External links Palestinian Raiders Hold Israel Family But Then Are Slain – published on The New York Times on 15 June 1975 Terrorists Attack Israeli Villagers – published on the Herald-Journal on 16 June 1975 Israel Retaliates After Raid On Village Leaves 7 Dead – published on the Milwaukee Journal on 16 June 1975 Mother Gets Guerrillas To Spare Son; Then Dies – published on the Virgin Islands Daily News on 17 June 1975 Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups Hostage taking in Israel 1975 murders in Israel Terrorist incidents in Israel in the 1970s Terrorist incidents in Asia in 1975