A couple who were wounded in a West Bank terror attack have now lost their infant son.
Amichai Ish-Ran and his wife Shira Ish-Ran were both shot when a gunman opened fire on a group of people at a bus stop in Ofra, a Jewish settlement, on Sunday.
Shira was 30-weeks pregnant at the time. An emergency cesarean section was performed in frantic attempts to save the baby.
Amichai Ish-Ran is the nephew of prominent Montreal attorney Jordan Charness.
On Wednesday, Charness said that Shira was awake and had spoken to her husband, and the infant died that day.
Amichai was hit five times during the shooting and is recovering in hospital.
“It's very difficult here obviously because we don't have constant updates even though my daughter's at the hospital waiting,” Charness said. “You feel very helpless here to know that your family in Israel can be subject to this kind of terror attack at any time and it actually happened.”
"Strangely my other nephew, the one who’s injured younger brother, is in the army and he was at the time in charge of monitoring safety cameras in that area. He saw this terror attack happen and he ordered in the ambulances and the army, and because of his quick actions they got there that quickly and helped save their lives."
Amichai Ish-Ran’s mother, Galila, is a former Montrealer who moved to Israel. Her son is a dual Israeli-Canadian citizen.
On Facebook, another member of the Charness family asked friends and family to pray for the well-being of those injured. So did Montreal’s Hebrew Academy, where Galila Ish-Ran attended school.