The victim is the brother of another child killed in the attack on Friday, who also caused the death of a 20 -year -old student.
MO12345lemonde with AFP
An 8-year-old boy, seriously injured on Friday February 10 in a bolder car attack on a bus stop in East Jerusalem, died of his injuries, the Shaare Tzedek hospital said in a statement on Saturday in a statement in a state where he had been transferred. His death brought to three the number of Israelis killed in the attack which occurred in Ramot, a Jewish colonization district in the eastern part – annexed by Israel – of the holy city. His brother, Yaakov Yisrael Paley, 6, was killed instantly, and Alter Shlomo Lederman, a student from Yeshiva (Talmudique School), 20, died Friday shortly after his transfer to the hospital.
The conflict has killed 53 people since the start of the year
The child, Asher Menahem Paley, “arrived in critical condition (…). Many teams from the trauma unit, emergencies, pediatric intensive care, pediatric surgery and neurosurgery have struggled Many hours to save his life but they unfortunately had to see his death, “said the press release. Among the four wounded in the attack are the father of the two boys killed, still hospitalized, and their older brother aged 10, according to hospital sources and the Israeli media.
According to the police, the driver’s driver, a resident of Issawiye, Palestinian district of East Jerusalem, 31, struck “at high speed (…) of the innocent people waiting for the bus stop “. He was killed by police officers who arrived quickly on the scene, according to the same source.
Since the beginning of the year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has cost the lives of at least forty-three Palestinians (including combatants and civilians, including minors), nine Israeli civilians (including three minors), And a Ukrainian, according to a count of the France-Presse agency made from official Israeli and Palestinian sources.