The quiet of Shabbat in Jerusalem was shattered by gunfire when a terrorist opened fire on passersby on the street, including a motorcyclist and people outside a synagogue in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood on Friday, January 27. On Saturday morning, another shooter shot two men in the City of David.
On Friday night, seven people were killed and several critically wounded others were treated by Magen David Adom at the scene and evacuated to area hospitals.
“[When we arrived], we saw a woman and four men lying on the road,” said MDA paramedic Fadi Dekaidek, an East Jerusalem Arab resident who was first on the scene.
“They suffered gunshot wounds and showed no signs of life, and we had to declare their deaths. Three other injured, including a 70-year-old woman in critical condition, were conveyed to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital.”
The elderly woman was ultimately pronounced dead at the hospital, as was a 14-year-old boy.
In less than 24 hours, on Shabbat morning, two men, a father and his adult son, who himself is an MDA volunteer, were shot and seriously injured by a 13-year-old gunman. Fadi Dekaidek was again first on the scene. He and other MDA paramedics treated the men and and evacuated them to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Watch how MDA responded to a weekend of carnage.
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs remain on high alert and are ready to respond should Israel incur additional terror attacks or rocket launches from Gaza.