Israeli Teen Injured in West Bank Terror Attack Hospitalized Next to Attacker at Jerusalem Hospital
Talya Ben Harosh, a 16-year-old Israeli girl severely injured in a car-ramming terror attack in the Gush Etzion area last month, was hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem. Shockingly, she was placed in a recovery room with the terrorist who had stabbed a soldier earlier that day and was brought to the hospital for treatment. Talya's mother, Emuna Ben Harosh, expressed outrage and described the experience as a "sick reality," saying, "We were horrified when we entered the room and saw the terrorist's bed right next to my daughter's after her surgery."
The attacker, a man in his 30s from Hebron, had rammed his vehicle into Talya, causing severe injuries that nearly led to leg amputation. After four surgeries, doctors managed to save her leg, though she recently underwent another operation due to infection. The terrorist was neutralized at the scene by an IDF soldier but was still brought to the hospital for medical care. Emuna recounted that the attacker was violent and abusive towards medical staff and guards while hospitalized, causing additional trauma to her daughter.
The family attempted to raise concerns with hospital staff but was told there was no alternative arrangement. They spent five hours in the same room as the attacker, which Emuna described as an unbearable ordeal. Shaare Zedek Medical Center responded that the recovery ward treats many patients simultaneously in separate areas, the detainee was secured and held briefly, and that no terror victim and security detainee are admitted to the same room. The hospital emphasized that security and detainee management are the responsibility of security forces and denied receiving complaints about the incident.
This incident highlights the complex and distressing realities faced by terror victims and their families in Israeli hospitals, raising questions about patient placement and security protocols in medical facilities treating both victims and attackers.
