The number of deaths in the intentional hit-and-run in Jerusalem rises to three

11 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –

This Saturday an 8-year-old boy died who was intentionally run over by a Palestinian on Friday near the Jewish colony of Ramot, in East Jerusalem.

The boy has been identified as Asher Menahem Paley, brother of six-year-old Yaakov Yisrael Paley, who also died in the hit-and-run, bringing the number of fatalities to three after adding Alter Shlomo Lederman, a student from a yeshiva or Talmudic school. died on Friday, reported medical sources quoted by the newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’.

“The child arrived in critical condition and while resuscitation was being applied. The trauma, emergency, pediatrics, surgery and neurosurgery teams have fought for hours, but unfortunately they have had to certify his death,” explained the Shaare Medical Center hospital. Zedek in a statement.

The younger brother was buried quickly on Friday afternoon before the start of the ‘sabbath’ or Jewish holy day. Instead, their older brother, Moshie, 10, was discharged this Saturday after recovering from minor injuries. The father of the three, a 42-year-old man, remains hospitalized, like the other two men in their 20s who are in serious condition.

The man responsible for the attack, Hussein Qaraqa, 31, is an Israeli-Arab resident of the Isawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem. According to eyewitness accounts, he rammed his vehicle into a group of Israelis who were waiting at a bus stop. Later he was shot at by civilians, although the person responsible for his death would be an off-duty police officer.

The Israeli authorities have revealed that Qaraqa had mental problems and had been released from a psychiatric hospital in northern Israel just a few days ago.

In any case, Israel counts the incident as a terrorist attack and has already arrested ten relatives of Qaraqa, including his parents, a brother, his wife and his landlord. The Israeli government has announced that his house will be evicted and closed with a view to his demolition.

The Israeli National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, appeared at the scene after the attack and reiterated his proposal to establish the death penalty for “terrorists”, as well as a legislative initiative that allows the Police to carry out searches without a warrant.

Meanwhile, Defense Minister Yoav Galant has imposed economic sanctions on 87 “terrorists and family members” residents of East Jerusalem and has approved the embargo of millions of shekels belonging to Palestinian prisoners who receive payments from the Palestinian Authority.