Sister of Terror Attack Victim Neria Leiter Goes Into Labor 40 Meters from Him

Neria Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter, was wounded yesterday in a vehicular ramming attack at a checkpoint on Route 443 and is hospitalized at Shaare Zedek in serious but stable condition, while his sister Sarah lies 40 meters away in labor.

Neria Leiter, a reserves soldier and resident of Havat Ya'ir in Samaria, was among the personnel in a police vehicle at the checkpoint on Route 443, when a terrorist drove his car and struck him. Last night he underwent complicated brain surgery lasting hours. Prof. Alexander Yoskowitz from Shaare Zedek Hospital updated this morning: 'After a series of tests and a series of surgeries, we can say the condition is stable. The condition is still serious and life is at risk, but we are full of hope.'

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter landed this morning in Israel and arrived at the hospital. According to him, when he boarded the plane yesterday from New York, as he was preparing the prime minister's UN visit, 'there was fear I would come without hope, and thank God the doctors managed to stabilize Neria's condition.'

According to the ambassador, his eldest daughter Sarah, who gave birth to a daughter named Shaked during the war and became pregnant again, had water break as she arrived yesterday to her brother's bedside, two weeks early. 'And now she lies 40 meters from her brother in intensive care,' he said.

The Leiter family lost in the Gaza war Reserve Capt. Moshe Yididiya Leiter, who fell in November 2023. The father said Neria and Moshe grew up in the same room, 'and Neria has led the family since Moshe's death.' His mother, Hani, said on IDF Radio: 'We are holding on to life.'