Israeli mourners attend the funeral of a baby who died after being delivered prematurely following a shooting attack near the Israeli settlement of Ofra, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, at Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun The baby that was born prematurely as the result of a Sunday Palestinian terror attack died on Wednesday, Shaare Zedek Medical Center announced.
The mother, 21-year-old Shira Ish-Ran, was 30 weeks pregnant when she was shot in the abdomen by a Palestinian terrorist, forcing her to undergo an emergency Caesarian-section.
The baby was initially in stable condition when he was first born, but his condition worsened as time went on.
Ish-Ran was able to see the baby for the first time on Wednesday morning when her condition stabilized. The baby was named Amiad Israel at his funeral on Wednesday night.
This image of a newborn baby being laid to rest should become seared in our collective consciousness. His name—given at his funeral—was Amiad Israel and he was prematurely delivered after his mother was critically wounded in a Palestinian terror attack Sunday. There are no words. pic.twitter.com/z7FfXlSHyV
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 12, 2018
His parents, Shira and Amichai, are still hospitalized due to the wounds they sustained in Sunday's attack and were thus unable to attend their firstborn son's funeral. https://t.co/47aGiHHqbI
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 12, 2018
“Our hearts are with Shira and Amichai over the passing of their four-day old son who did not even have a name,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “The murderers are abhorrent, the most deviant criminals on earth. The security forces are pursuing them and I hope that there will be news soon on this matter. We will not slacken until we find them and deal with them to the fullest extent of the law.”
Education Minister Naftali Bennett tweeted, “This is a despicable murder by terrorists who have stopped fearing us. We must restore the lost deterrence; otherwise a wave of murders is on the way.”
Ish-Ran was one of seven people who were injured from the Palestinian terrorist’s gunfire; her husband, Amichai, was also injured. Israeli law enforcement is still looking for the terrorist.
This article has been updated.
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