Baby delivered after mother shot in Ofra terror attack dies
The baby delivered in an emergency cesarean section after his mother was shot in a West Bank terror attack earlier this week has died, according to the Shaare Zedek hospital.
Shira Ish-Ran was critically injured Sunday evening when terrorists in a passing car opened fire at a group of Israelis at a bus stop outside the settlement of Ofra. Seven people were injured in all, including Ish-Ran’s husband, Amichai, who was moderately hurt.
The Ish-Ran’s baby was delivered by emergency C-section late Sunday night at 30 weeks.
After the boy was delivered doctors said he was in “stable” condition, but he deteriorated in the days that followed.
Amichai (left) and Shira Ish-Ran, wounded in a December 9, 2018, terrorist attack outside Ofra in the West Bank, are seen at their wedding (Courtesy of the family)
On Tuesday, doctors said the infant was hooked up to a ventilator and was undergoing treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit. Doctors said they feared the baby suffered a brain injury during the attack.
The IDF’s search for the perpetrators of the attack entered its fourth day, with troops setting up roadblocks and sweeping nearby Palestinian villages.