A 15-day-old infant who was delivered by emergency cesarean section after his mother was fatally shot in a West Bank terror attack was buried Thursday next to her, following his death in a hospital neonatal intensive care unit.
Ravid Chaim Gez was born after his mother, Tzeela Gez, a 35-year-old mother of three and a mental health counselor from the settlement of Bruchin, was critically wounded when terrorists opened fire on her car en route to the hospital.
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Hananel Gez holds the body of his 15-day-old son, Ravid Chaim, who died from injuries sustained after being delivered via emergency cesarean section following the murder of his mother, Tzeela, in a West Bank terror attack
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Doctors fought for Ravid Chaim's life for two weeks before they had to pronounce him dead
She was rushed to Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, where doctors performed an emergency procedure to deliver the baby. Tzeela died shortly after; doctors fought for two weeks to save Ravid's life, but he died on Thursday. He was buried next to his mother later in the day.
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At the funeral, Hananel Gez, Tzeela's husband and Ravid's father, spoke emotionally over the graves. "My heart was broken twice," he said. "Ravid opened his eyes for a moment in the neonatal ICU yesterday. He was sweet. Like an angel."
Gez used the eulogy to call for a stronger national response to terrorism. "We are here because we are allowing those who want to murder us to live among us," he said. "All those who are trying to murder us, start packing. You have no place here. We respect all people, but if you murder us, you must go."
He also directed his remarks to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him to take personal responsibility. "I asked you to come to commiserate with us, to come to the ICU and look my baby in the eye. Take responsibility," he said.