In the murderous shooting attack carried out on Friday by a terrorist from Shuafat at a bus stop at the Ram-Masamiya intersection near Gedera, the martyr Yishai Gertner, 23, from the Haredi city of Modi'in Illit, and the martyr reserve soldier Maj. Gen. Uri Ya'ish, 27, from Modi'in, were murdered.
Yishai Gertner, a student at the Kiryat Malachi Yeshiva, and previously at the Maor Talmud Yeshiva in Rehovot, was murdered while making his way home for Shabbat.
Through vigorous activity by Unit 360 Lachish Region, Rabbi Asher Landau, the rabbi of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, and MK Uri Maklev, the body of the young man Yishai Gartner was released for burial. His funeral will leave Saturday evening from his home at 15 Shaagat Aryeh Street in Modiin Illit at 9:30 PM - and from there to the Elad Cemetery, where he will be buried.
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Yaish served in the 8119th PLASM, Jerusalem Brigade (16).
His funeral will take place tonight at 11:00 PM at the Modiin cemetery.
Haim Bivas, Mayor of Modi'in Maccabim Re'ut, paid tribute to Uri, a fellow citizen: "As the Sabbath ended, we learned of the difficult news of the murder of Maj. Gen. Uri Yaish, a resident of the city, who was murdered in the heinous attack that occurred yesterday at the Ram Junction. Uri, 27, grew up in the city and was educated at the Yahad School and served in the reserves in the 8119th Infantry Battalion.".
In the murderous shooting attack, two people were murdered and four were moderately and seriously injured.
The 16-year-old yeshiva student who was critically injured in the shooting attack was transferred from Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot to Schneider Hospital in Petah Tikva. He is suffering from head and limb injuries while being sedated and on a ventilator.
Schneider Children's Medical Center updated on Saturday: The condition of the 16-year-old boy who arrived at Schneider yesterday from the attack at Ram Junction continues to be very serious and his life is in danger. He is on a ventilator and sedated in the intensive care unit.
Dr. Eliad Aviram, Deputy CEO of Assuta Hospital and head of emergency services, updated on the two injured who were hospitalized: "Last night, two injured people from the attack at Ram Junction were admitted to the hospital - a man in serious condition and a woman in moderate condition. After initial treatment in the trauma room, they were transferred to the operating room.
""The man underwent surgery lasting several hours by a multidisciplinary team, including ENT, vascular and trauma doctors. After the surgery, he was transferred to the intensive care unit under anesthesia and on a ventilator. Over the past few hours, his condition has improved significantly and he is no longer under anesthesia or on a ventilator, and his condition is now considered stable.".
""The woman required several hours of surgery by doctors in the orthopedic department and is now hospitalized in moderate condition in the department. The two injured are not in danger of death.".
The investigation into the attack revealed that the terrorist, a resident of East Jerusalem in his 40s, arrived at the bus stop in a car armed with a weapon he had stolen from central Israel. He opened fire on those standing at the stop, hitting six of them.
An armed civilian who was near the scene, a former member of the security forces, engaged in a gunfight with the terrorist, killing him.
A., 52, from Modi'in, who was injured in the attack, described the moments of terror: "I felt bullets flying, a few seconds later I realized I was injured.".
A. was shot between the hand and chest while he was on his way home from work and passed an intersection in his car, and was taken to Kaplan Hospital in moderate condition. "Everything happened quickly, I realized that the car was being shot at, I saw a terrorist with a gun, I ducked and kept driving," A. said. "I was on the phone with a friend from work and I told him that I was wounded in the hand, and he called the police. I continued driving until I reached Yad Binyamin and one of the tires exploded.
""I got out of the car, and people immediately asked what happened and tried to help. Paramedics were already there and they quickly called an ambulance. Within three minutes I was in an ambulance and rushed to the Kaplan Medical Center.".
