Rabbi killed in Sunday's terrorist attack in West Bank

Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, seriously wounded in the attack by a Palestinian terrorist at the Ariel Road crossing in Samaria (northern West Bank), died Monday at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva.

Ettinger, father of 12 children, was director of the Rabbinical Academy "Oz Veemuna" in Neve Shaanan district, in southern Tel Aviv. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked announced her death at the opening of a congress in Jerusalem.

In this way, The number of victims of the terrorist attack perpetrated Sunday in the Ariel region is two to two.

The first victim was the Sergeant first Gal Keidan, an artillery battalion fighter, while Beilinson Hospital is still hospitalized in a very serious condition Private Alexander Dvorsky.

Ettinger, 47, was father of 12 children, and was domiciled in the Eli colony in Judea and Samaria. Doctors were fighting to save his life since the attack near Ariel.

The Israeli army suspects the badault, in which another officer in uniform was injured, was committed by a Palestinian who escaped from the scene after attacking the soldier with a knife and grabbed his weapon, with which he fired on three cars circulating in the area, wounding Etinger.

After firing at the vehicles, "the terrorist took the car" and, later, escaping, he fired at the other Israeli soldier who is still injured, said a spokesman for l & # 39; army.

The attacker fled to a nearby Palestinian village and the army carried out a search and seizure in the area.

(With information from EFE and Aurora)