The family of Tzeela Gez, 30, who was killed in a Palestinian terrorist attack in Samaria while on her way to deliver her baby on May 14, has decided to donate her organs.
Gez’s corneas will be transplanted—one for a youngster at Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikvah, and one for a patient at Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in the same city, Arutz 7 reported.
Her husband, Hananel Gez, who sustained light wounds in the shooting attack outside the couple’s community of Bruchin, said: “Tzeela always brought light during her life, and now even after her death, she continues to give.
“We made sure she gave the gift of a positive eye to two people,” the bereaved husband said. “Tzeela always tried to see the good and bring light to the world—in life and in death.”
Israeli security forces apprehended several suspects in the search for the terrorist who shot the Gezes.
“As part of the IDF and Shin Bet manhunt for the terrorist who carried out the shooting attack … , IDF soldiers, guided by the Shin Bet, carried out targeted searches in the village of Bruqin, near the scene of the attack,” the Israeli military said on Saturday.
The baby was delivered in the hospital. The newborn boy is listed in serious but stable condition. Gez’s sister told reporters on Sunday that he remained sedated at Schneider Children’s Medical Center.
“He was without oxygen for a long time—some 50 minutes—from the moment Tzeela was murdered until he was delivered,” Lotem Sasson told Arutz 7. “Some of the breathing tubes have already been removed, but he is still sedated. I am really hoping to hear better news today.
“Tzeela has four children who will grow up without a mother, who was so amazing. I was always trying to learn from her how to be a mother. No one can take her place,” Sasson said.
Palestinian terrorists targeted Israeli Jews in Judea and Samaria at least 6,343 times in 2024, according to figures published by the Rescuers Without Borders (Hatzalah Judea and Samaria) NGO on Feb. 17.
Twenty-seven Israelis were murdered in Judea and Samaria in 2024, and more than 300 others were wounded, the group said in its annual report.
In response to the latest attack, Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan moved his office to a tent opposite the Arab village of Bruqin, from which security officials believe the terrorist gunman emerged.
Bruqin “is a hornet’s nest,” Dagan charged. “We expect the government of Israel to carry out military operations here in Bruqin, just like it has belatedly begun to do—at the cost of blood—in northern Samaria.”
On Monday, the Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration, working in coordination with the Israel Defense Forces, demolished a four-story building and additional illegal structures in Bruqin, the Civil Administration announced.
The buildings were prioritized for enforcement due to their proximity to the road where the May 14 shooting attack occurred.
The demolitions along Route 466 were carried out by the Efraim District Coordination and Liaison Office, which is part of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories unit, as well as Civil Administration inspectors and IDF soldiers from the Ephraim Brigade.