On March 4 , 2001 , while on his way to his office , Dean was critically wounded in a Palestinian suicide attack which took place in the centre of Netanya . Dean was rushed to the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center and died five hours later from his wounds . His daughter 's sister , Shlomit Ziv , whom he met by chance right before the attack took place , was killed instantly in the attack . Dean was buried in the Tel Mond cemetery . After his death , the first Council house in Tel Mond was named after him - " Naphtali Building " ( בית נפתלי )
Palestinian suicide attack
2001 Netanya bombing
Naftali Dean