Bruchin shooting attack: Husband released from hospital, infant in stable condition

Schneider Children’s Medical Center reported Thursday morning that the newborn delivered following the deadly terror attack near Peduel is in serious but stable condition.

The baby was delivered by medical teams after terrorists opened fire on Tze’ela Gez, who was on her way to the hospital to give birth. Doctors at Beilinson Hospital later pronounced her dead.

Her husband, Hananel, who sustained light injuries in the attack, was treated in the trauma unit and has since been released from the hospital, Beilinson officials said.

The couple was driving to the hospital when terrorists opened fire on vehicles traveling the road between Peduel and Bruchin. While two vehicles escaped unharmed, the Gez family’s car was struck, wounding both Tze’ela and her husband.

MDA Paramedic Erez Fogel, one of the first to arrive at the scene, said: “We left from a nearby community with the ambulance and quickly arrived at the scene. We saw a private vehicle on the side of the road with bullet markings. Inside the vehicle was the driver, a woman in her 30s, unconscious with severe gunshot injuries. In the seat next to the driver was a male around 40 years old, fully conscious, also suffering from gunshot wounds.”

“He was trying to treat the injured woman next to him and attempted to stop her bleeding. We got both of them out of the car and provided medical treatment. We loaded the female into the mobile intensive care unit and evacuated her to the hospital while performing resuscitation efforts, as her condition was critical. The male was evacuated in another intensive care ambulance, fully conscious, in serious condition.”