Palestinian terrorist stabs 13-year-old girl to death
A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a 13-year old to death in her bedroom on Thursday morning after he infiltrated the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, which is located next to Hebron.
A Magen David Adom paramedic said that when he arrived at the scene the teenage girl, Hallel Yaffa Ariel, was unconscious and was not breathing. They were able to resuscitate her at the scene, but the it was touch-and-go during the whole journey to Sha’are Tzedek Hospital, as they continuously fought to keep her alive.
She was pronounced dead shortly after her arrival, without ever regaining consciousness.
Hallel, had been a member of a dance troop and had performed in Jerusalem the night before. Her father, Amihai, is a cousin of Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, and runs a boutique winery.
The terrorist, believed to be 17-year old, breached the settlement’s fence and then entered the Ariel home that was located on a security road, near a yeshiva high school for boys.
The settlement’s security team responded to the incident. According to the IDF, the terrorist stabbed a member of that security team, before another member of the team shot and killed the him.
Among the Magen David paramedics who responded to the scene, was the wife of the wounded member of the security team.
She went with her husband to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Karem. Doctors there said that the wounded man, believed to be age 30, was suffering from gun shot wounds and that his injuries were not life threatening.
Residents of the settlement of some 8,000 people located right outside the Palestinian city of Hebron, were asked to remain in their homes for about half-an-hour until it was clear that there were no more attackers in Kiryat Arba.
Since the wave of Palestinian violence against Israelis began in September 2015, there have been many attacks in and around Hebron, as well as on the outskirts of Kiryat Araba. But an infiltration into the settlement itself is rare.
TOVAH LAZAROFF
THE JERUSALEM POST
comments