Overview

• Tzeela Gez, a 30-year-old resident of the Bruchin settlement, was killed on May 14 by a Palestinian gunman on Route 446 as she traveled to give birth.
• Doctors performed an emergency Caesarean and named her son Ravid Haim, but he remained in critical condition and died on May 29.
• Gez’s husband was lightly wounded in the attack and later spoke with President Herzog, who offered support to the family.
• Two days after the shooting, settlers were suspected of torching 17 Palestinian vehicles near the Ariel industrial zone in suspected retaliation.
• This tragedy reflects a broader surge in West Bank violence that has claimed over 30 Israeli and nearly 200 Palestinian lives so far this year.