The Rishon Lezion attorney allegedly killed by a disgruntled client was identified on Wednesday as torts lawyer Arbel Feldman.

Feldman, who was shot dead in his office on Tuesday, is survived by a wife and three children, according to Hebrew media. He was about 50 years old, according to medics.

“He is the last person on the list to whom something like this could happen. It’s impossible to believe it is happening,” an unnamed relative told the Ynet news site.

The Israeli Bar Association (IBA) observed a moment of silence on Wednesday in Feldman’s memory. A message to members called on attorneys across the country to exit courthouses at 10 a.m. and stand in silence for two minutes.

“This is a jarring incident that requires a change in decision-makers’ approach to the violence that is wreaking havoc in Israeli society,” the bar said.

It announced that IBA head Amit Becher and district heads have formed a team to assist threatened lawyers and help lawyers “identify threatening situations and safely separate from violent clients.”

The disgruntled client, a Ramle resident in his 20s, had turned himself in at the Lachish regional police station hours........

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