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8-Year-Old Boy Critically Hurt in Ramming Attack Dies; Toll Rises to Three

Saturday, February 11, 2023 6:42 pm | 3 Minute Read

By Hamodia Staff

The brothers, Asher Menachem Paley, 8, *Hy”d,* (L) and Yaakov Yisrael, 6, *Hy”d*.

The eight-year-old boy who was critically wounded in the car-ramming attack near Ramot on Friday afternoon succumbed to his wounds over Shabbos, bringing the toll of the terror attack to three.

Family and friends attend the funeral of Asher Menachem Paley, a victim of yesterday’s deadly car-ramming terror attack near the Ramot junction, Jerusalem, February 11, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Asher Menachem Paley, Hy”d, the older brother of six-year-old Yaakov Yisrael, Hy”d, who was also killed in the attack, died at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the hospital said in a statement.

“The boy arrived in critical condition while being resuscitated, and many teams from the trauma unit, from the ER, pediatric intensive care, pediatric surgery, and neurosurgery fought for many hours for his life, but unfortunately they had to declare his death,” Shaare Zedek said in a statement Motzoei Shabbos.

A man cries over the *kever* of 6-years-old Yaakov Yisrael Paley, *Hy”d*, a victim of the deadly car-ramming attack near Ramot on Friday, at Har Hamenuchos late Friday afternoon. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The six-year-old Yaakov Yisrael was quickly buried Friday afternoon before the start of Shabbos.

The slain boys’ brother, Moshe, 10, was lightly wounded in the attack and released from Hadassah Medical Center. The boys’ father – Avraham Noach ben Yehudis – remains hospitalized in serious condition.

The other casualties included two men in their 20s in serious condition.

Another victim was Reb Alter Shlomo Lederman, Hy”d, a 20-year-old avreich who had gotten married two months ago. He and his wife had been on their way to his parents’ home for Shabbos.

The *kever* of 6-years-old Yaakov Yisrael Paley, *Hy”d*. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The terrorist was identified as Hussein Qaraqa, 31, an Israeli citizen and resident of the East Yerushalayim neighborhood of Issawiya. Eyewitnesses said he accelerated into the group of Israelis waiting at the bus stop.

Police said officers detained 10 relatives of the terrorist in Issawiya and A-Tur, including his parents, his brother, his wife, and his landlord.

Qaraqa’s social media page included posts hailing attacks against IDF soldiers and civilians. In a post last August, Qaraqa hailed the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Ziad Nakhaleh. In a more recent post last December, Qaraqaa memorialized the members of the northern Shomron’s Lions Den after several were killed in an IDF operation. The Lions Den has been responsible for numerous shooting attacks beyond the Green Line over the past year.

Qaraqa also published many posts glorifying attacks and wrote “Glory to the pure souls” while referring to terrorists.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office said the premier had decided to seal and demolish the home of the terrorist.

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