A Palestinian terrorist rammed into a police vehicle at a Judea and Samaria checkpoint on Wednesday, leaving the son of the Israeli official in critical condition.
IDF reservist Neria Leiter, an American citizen and the son of Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter — who had already lost his eldest son in the war against Hamas — was left “fighting for his life” after a Palestinian rammed into the vehicle at the Maccabim checkpoint along Route 443 near Modi’in.
The attack left the younger Leiter, who has logged hundreds of days of reserve duty across multiple fronts since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres, sedated and in critical condition at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Medical teams spent the evening administering life-saving interventions, including respiratory support, while Israel braced for updates on his condition.
The bloody incident hit the diplomat’s family with double force. Ambassador Leiter was forced to abort his trip to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, rushing back to Israel to sit by his critically injured son’s bedside. In late 2023, the ambassador’s eldest son, Maj. Moshe Yedidya, was killed while serving as a company command...