(JNS) A horrific car crash near the Dead Sea on Tuesday claimed the lives of a couple and all six of their children.

The names of the victims, a family from the southern Samaria town of Psagot, were released for publication: Yariv (45) and Shoshi (47) Atar, and their six children: Yaakov Yisroel (12), Ateret (11), Ayala (9), Moriah (7), Yedid (5) and Avigail (3).

Though the details of the accident were not fully publicized, reports indicate that the Atar family’s van was hit in a head-on collision by a Toyota Land Cruiser coming from the other direction.