‘No words can console’: Netanyahu, Sa’ar mourn death of pregnant terror victim’s infant son

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expresses “deep sorrow” over the death today of Ravid Haim Gez, the infant son of Tzeela Gez who was killed earlier this month by a Palestinian terrorist in a shooting attack in the northern West Bank.

“With deep sorrow and pain, we received the news this morning of the death of the infant Ravid Haim,” writes the premier in a statement.

Gez was attacked while driving to the hospital with her husband, Hananel Gez, to deliver her baby on May 14. Tzeela was fatally shot, while her baby died this morning after two weeks of intensive care, the Samaria Regional Council announced.

“There are no words that can console over the murder of a newborn baby together with his mother,” says Netanyahu.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar writes on X, “Tragically, he did not survive.”

Tzeela Gez was brutally murdered while on her way to the hospital to give birth.
Doctors fought for the life of Ravid Chaim, her newborn baby, for two weeks. Tragically, he did not survive.
He passed away today.
Jews living in Judea and Samaria are the most attacked population… pic.twitter.com/hWiVx0FreS

— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) May 29, 2025

Both leaders take the opportunity to praise the Israeli settler population and condemn acts of terrorism against them.

“The heroism of the pioneering settlers in Judea and Samaria, and their self-sacrifice — that is what will defeat all our enemies,” says Netanyahu, using the biblical term for the West Bank.

Sa’ar writes that “‎Jews living in Judea and Samaria are the population most attacked by terrorism in the world. ‎Despite this, too many in the international community prefer to speak about ‘settler violence,’ instead of the terror against settlers.”