VIctim of Gush Etzion stabbing attack dies

The victim of the terrorist attack at the entrance to the shopping mall in Gush Etzion Sunday, died in Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Dr. Alon Schwartz, the hospital's trauma unit surgeon issued a statement in response.

"A few minutes before 12:00pm, a man in his 40's, arrived at the hospital with a stab wound in his chest on the right side of his back, without a pulse," Schwartz said.

"We performed urgent CPR operations, including surgery. The resuscitation lasted for 50 minutes, but unfortunately he suffered from a severe injury that and u we were forced to declare his death. The family was informed," the doctor concluded.