A Palestinian terrorist shot and killed a pregnant Israeli woman who was being driven to the hospital to deliver her baby, whom doctors were able to save, on Wednesday in a drive-by shooting in northern Samaria.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported the attack, saying initially that two civilians had been wounded.
The Times of Israel reported:
Meital Ben Yosef, head of the Bruchin settlement’s local council, tells Army Radio that Tzeela Gez, 30, a resident of the community who was killed in a shooting attack yesterday, was “all mother. A mother in her essence.”
A Palestinian terrorist opened fire on Israeli vehicles last night in the northern West Bank, shooting Gez, who was en route to a hospital to deliver her baby, along with her husband.
During efforts to save Gez’s life, doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver her baby. The newborn boy — the couple’s fourth child — is in serious but stable condition.
The State of Israel’s account on X reported the mother’s death, as well as Hamas’s praise for the murderer:
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir vowed to “reach the murderers in order to hold them accountable.”
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