Lawmakers extend condolences over death of baby delivered after terror attack

Lawmakers are extending their condolences to the Ish-Ran family, following the death of their infant son who was delivered by emergency caesarean section following Sunday night’s terror attack outside the settlement of Ofra.

Education Minister Naftali Bennett expresses his condolences over the baby’s death and calls for a tough response to prevent further attacks.

“A Jewish baby that still hadn’t been named was murdered… his short life was a struggle for his life,” Bennett, who heads the pro-settlement Jewish Home party, posts on Twitter. “This is a despicable murder by terrorists who have stopped fearing us. We must restore the lost deterrence; otherwise a wave of murders is on the way.”

Echoing Bennett, Social Equality Minister Gila Gamliel vowed the government would “exact a price from the scum” behind the attack.

“We didn’t come to the Land of Israel in order that lowly terrorists would murder babies in the womb of their mothers,” tweets Gamliel, a member of the ruling Likud party.