The High Court of Justice today (Monday) accepted the petition of the family of the four-year-old Haredi boy who was strangled to death on Saturday, suspected to have been by his 27-year-old uncle in the Ramot G neighborhood of Jerusalem - and ordered the Magistrate's Court to overturn the decision to dissect his body, and to release the body immediately, without an autopsy as demanded by the prosecution.
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After the ruling, ZAKA Tel Aviv volunteers transferred the body of the deceased child from the Institute of Forensic Medicine to the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, from where the funeral will depart at 4:00 PM for burial on Mount Hamunehot. The High Court accepted the family's petition filed by the legal department and ordered the cancellation of the autopsy of the 4-year-old's body from Jerusalem. Michael Gutwin, coordinator of the ZAKA legal department: "After the death, the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office demanded an autopsy to investigate the cause of death, despite the family's objection in accordance with Jewish law." Representatives of the ZAKA legal department, Michael Gutwin and Snir Elmaleh, along with Benzi Oring, commander of the ZAKA Jerusalem district, represented the child's parents and acted with representatives of the attorney's office demanding that the toddler's body be released for immediate burial, after an external examination - but the attorney's office insisted on an autopsy. In a hearing held last night at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, the representative of the ZAKA legal department, Attorney Dror Schosheim, opposed any autopsy on the body and demanded its immediate release. Despite his request, the court ordered an autopsy on the body. This morning, in a hearing held at the High Court of Justice, a representative of the legal department appealed Judge Charka's decision. The High Court accepted the position of the ZAKA representative and overturned the Magistrate's Court's decision to perform an autopsy, ordering the release of the toddler's body for immediate burial today, without an autopsy. This morning, protests by the "Jerusalem Faction" against the autopsy of the child's body resumed across the country - and roads were blocked in several locations in Jerusalem, Modi'in Illit, Beit Shemesh and Bnei Brak. After the High Court's ruling, the protesters were ordered to leave the roads and return to their homes. The police said: "Over the past two hours, disturbances have resumed in the area of Yehezkel and Bar Ilan Streets in Jerusalem, as well as in the Jordan River area in Beit Shemesh. During this time, dozens of rioters blocked roads, and some threw stones and objects at the police, rioted and set fire to trash cans in the area. "After the police warnings and the order to disperse the disturbances were ineffective, the police forces worked to restore order at the scene, using riot dispersal measures. So far, 5 rioters have been arrested for disturbing public order." The extremists' demonstrations developed last night after a Jerusalem court accepted the prosecutor's office's demand to perform a post-mortem on the child's body. Following the court's ruling and the prosecutor's office's demand, hundreds of extremists from the "Jerusalem faction" went out to demonstrate in protest against the autopsy of the body. Violent protests developed in several locations, including in Jerusalem - in the Shabbat Square area and Bar Ilan Street, on Nahar Jordan Street in Beit Shemesh, at the entrance to the city of Modi'in Illit, in Bnei Brak, and more. The protesters on Bar Ilan Street set fire to cans and tools at the light rail works complex. Severe clashes developed there between the police and the hundreds of protesters.
The child was evacuated on Saturday morning with signs of suffocation after being found lying on the floor in his room. Doctors at Shaarei Tzedek Medical Center fought for his life, but unfortunately the child was pronounced dead. As a result, the investigation file was investigated as a murder case. The initial investigation revealed that during Saturday morning, family members noticed that the child was not responding to their calls. The father of the family was called from the synagogue and after a while they noticed that the door to the suspect's room was locked. They broke open the door and found the victim lying on the floor, with signs of suffocation on his neck. The suspect's detention was extended today by agreement of the parties by 10 days, until 23.8.22. At the request of the suspect's defense attorney, the court issued a gag order on his details, until after receiving the results of a medical examination.
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