Teen injured in drive-by terror attack released from hospital
Tehila Mark, 14, whose father was killed by Palestinian gunman in shooting, goes home in stable condition
A teenage girl who was moderately injured in a drive-by terror attack last week in which her father was killed and her mother critically injured, was released from the hospital Tuesday.
Tehila Mark, 14, was allowed home from Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem. She was said to be in a good and stable condition.
Rabbi Miki Mark was driving with his wife and two children on Route 60 south of the West Bank city of Hebron Friday when suspected Palestinian terrorists opened fire on them. The gunfire caused the car to spin out of control and overturn. The father of 10 was killed.
Tehila’s mother Chava Mark was seriously injured in the incident. Tehila and her 15-year-old brother Pedaya were also injured, though Pedaya was not hospitalized.
On Sunday, Chava Mark, an Israeli who also holds American citizenship, was brought out of a medically induced coma and resumed breathing independently.
As her husband was laid to rest in Jerusalem, Chava came to for the first time since the terror attack. The hospital described her condition as stable.
Tehila, who sustained moderate injuries in the shooting, was allowed to leave the hospital by ambulance to attend her father’s burial at the Har Hamenuhot cemetery.
A relative read out her eulogy to her father which she was unable to give herself.
“We will be strong for you, because I know that’s what you would want,” Tehila said. “God took you because he needs more righteous people. Watch over us from above.”
An initial investigation indicated the terrorists passed the Marks’ car with their vehicle near the settlement of Beit Hagai, south of Hebron, then opened fire at them. Officials said over 20 bullet holes were found in the car.
On Saturday, the IDF arrested several suspects in the Hebron area as part of the hunt for those responsible for the attack, which was the second deadly assault in the area in as many days.
