The Hannukah terrorists have an 8th victim on their hands: a newborn baby.
On Sunday, just after a holiday candle-lighting ceremony 13 miles north of Jerusalem, gunfire exploded from a passing Palestinian vehicle. IDF soldiers responded with counterfire, but the vehicle got away. Seven Israelis were injured in the drive-by shooting.
Assistant Executive Director Avi Mayer, of the American Jewish Community, tweeted the news of the evil act:
Hamas has welcomed tonight's Palestinian shooting attack, in which a pregnant Israeli woman and six others were wounded, calling it a "blessed" demonstration of "the ability of the resistance to hurt the enemy in its most sensitive places." https://t.co/3FOFicjOgh
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 9, 2018
One of those critically injured was a 21-year-old mom-to-be, whose baby was subsequently delivered prematurely — and dangerously — at a nearby hospital.
Horrifically, on Wednesday, the young lady’s baby boy died. According to The Times of Israel, approximately 300 people attended the little boy’s funeral.
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
Due to their own wounds, the infant’s parents were not able to attend his funeral.
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
His grandfather performed the eulogy:
Haim Silberstein, grandfather of Amiad Yisrael Ish-Ran, the baby who was murdered in a Palestinian terror attack, delivers a gut wrenching eulogy as baby Amiad is laid to rest in #Jerusalem, #Israel
May Amiad's memory be a blessing, may his family know no further suffering. pic.twitter.com/lPnHkmGcOS
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) December 13, 2018
Meanwhile, as reported by The Daily Wire, Shehab — a news agency associated with Hamas — ran this message from the terrorist group:
We value the blessed firing, which points to the presence of resistance in the occupied West Bank despite the ongoing attempts to eradicate it, and demonstrates the ability of the resistance to hurt the enemy and penetrate its fortifications in its most sensitive security positions.
More terror occurred Thursday:
BREAKING: Two Israelis have been killed and two more are in serious condition following a drive-by shooting near Ofra, north of Jerusalem.
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
The attacker reportedly pulled up at a bus stop, opened fire, and fled; Israeli forces are in pursuit. https://t.co/M18o2I6uQw
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
The two individuals killed in the attack were IDF soldiers; another soldier is in serious condition. https://t.co/M18o2I6uQw
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
Mayer shared his thoughts on the prospect of a Palestinian state:
This, in a nutshell, is why there is no Palestinian state. Because Palestinian leaders have long been more concerned with how to murder Jews than with how to address the needs of the Palestinian people. It was true in 1948 and it’s true today. https://t.co/aFe70PoVkb
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
The more horrific the murder, the greater the reward. The more years in your prison sentence, the more cash you and your family will receive. This is documented in the Palestinian Authority’s official budget documents. https://t.co/855jzVWYgy
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
Those who set out to murder Jews do so secure in the knowledge that the Palestinian Authority will both glorify their names and heinous actions and provide monetary rewards to them and their families for the rest of their lives. https://t.co/L8oEJ58lQw
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
The murderers are fed a steady drip of vicious antisemitic propaganda from a young age, in their schools and in the official Palestinian media, and are surrounded by streets and monuments honoring terrorists who have murdered Jews. https://t.co/VbjSTekGbZ
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) December 13, 2018
As for Sunday’s murder, courtesy of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, a bit of good news came late Wednesday night:
Israeli security forces shot and killed the son of a West Bank Hamas leader suspected of involvement in the shooting attack outside of the West Bank settlement of Ofra that left 7 injured and a newborn baby dead.
Four other Palestinian men alleged to have been involved in the attack also were arrested in the operation late on Wednesday night.
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