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Newborn baby dies after drive-by shooting at West Bank settlement

The child was delivered prematurely after his mother was shot in the attack

December 12, 2018 18:00
Israeli security and medical personnel evacuate an Israeli woman from the ambulance at the Shaarei Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem, after she was was seriously injured in a terror attack in Ofra, December 9, 2018
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A newborn has been pronounced dead in a Jerusalem hospital days after he was delivered prematurely when his mother was injured in a drive-by shooting in the West Bank.

The baby’s mother, 21, was seven months pregnant when she was gravely wounded in the attack near the settlement of Ofra on Sunday evening.

She was hospitalised along with her husband. The couple were reported to be in a stable condition.

Five other people sustained light injuries in the shooting, which the IDF said took place from a moving vehicle and targeted civilians trying to hitchhike from the nearby junction.