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Israeli Envoy’s Son Critically Injured in West Bank Attack
Neria Leiter, an Israeli reserve soldier, was badly hurt when a car drove toward soldiers and police near Beit Horon in the West Bank.
The attack happened on Wednesday.
Emergency workers took him to a hospital in Jerusalem.
Reports said doctors performed complex brain surgery and that his life was in danger.
His father, Yechiel Leiter, is Israel’s ambassador to the United States.
Yechiel Leiter said Neria needed a miracle.
The driver, Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman, was shot and died at the scene.
Neria’s brother Moshe Yedidya Leiter was killed while fighting in Gaza in November 2023.
Neria Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, was critically injured in a car-ramming attack.
The attack occurred Wednesday at an intersection and checkpoint near the settlement of Beit Horon, west of Ramallah.
Israeli police said a car struck toward a policewoman and a soldier conducting vehicle searches.
Leiter was taken to a Jerusalem hospital, where reports said his life was in danger after complex brain surgery.
The driver, identified as 29-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman, was shot and killed at the scene, according to Palestinian health officials.
- Who
- Neria Leiter, an Israeli reserve soldier and son of Ambassador Yechiel Leiter, was injured; the driver was identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman.
- What
- A car-ramming attack injured Leiter; Israeli police said the driver was killed by security forces.
- Where
- At an intersection and checkpoint near Beit Horon, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank; Leiter was taken to a Jerusalem hospital.
- When
- Wednesday, one day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly.
- Why
- The articles describe the incident as a car-ramming attack but do not establish the driver’s motive.
Israeli Security Account
Palestinian Account
Description of the incident
Israeli Security Account
Israeli police said the driver drove at high speed toward a policewoman and a soldier conducting vehicle searches, and described the incident as a car-ramming attack.
Palestinian Account
Palestinian health officials confirmed that Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman was shot and killed by Israeli forces but did not provide a separate account of the alleged ramming in the articles.
Aftermath in Beit Ur al-Tahta
Israeli Security Account
Israeli forces killed the driver at the scene, according to Israeli police.
Palestinian Account
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli authorities were withholding the driver’s body, while the village mayor said forces raided the town, searched the driver’s family home and blocked the town’s entrances.
Key facts
- Injured
- Neria Leiter, an Israeli reserve soldier
- Injury status
- Critical; reports said his life was in danger after complex brain surgery
- Attack location
- Intersection and checkpoint near Beit Horon, west of Ramallah
- Hospital
- A hospital in Jerusalem
- Driver
- Mahmoud Mohammad Mahmoud Suleiman, 29
- Driver’s reported origin
- Beit Ur al-Tahta
- Family context
- Leiter’s brother Moshe Yedidya Leiter was killed while fighting in Gaza in November 2023
Quotes
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s prime minister.
“The town is closed off, with all its entrances blocked. There is no social or commercial activity, and no signs of normal life.”
NDTV
“Neria needs a miracle. Neria continued to serve in the reserves after losing his older brother, Moshe Yedidya Leiter”
NDTV
wionews.com
Sources
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