Overview

• Tzeela Gez, a 30-year-old therapist and mother of three, was shot dead near the Bruchin settlement on May 14 while traveling to the hospital for childbirth.
• Surgeons performed an emergency Caesarean section after her death to deliver her son, Ravid Haim Gez, who died of his injuries on May 29.
• Nael Samara, identified as the gunman and released from prison in 2010 for Hamas activity, was located and shot by soldiers on May 24.
• At the May 29 funeral, father Hananel Gez delivered a eulogy mourning both his wife and infant son.
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog and other officials sent condolences as the attack highlighted ongoing civilian vulnerability in the West Bank.