Yossi Dagan (Samaria Regional Council) and Israel Ganz (Binyamin Regional Council) visited Nerya Leiter at a Jerusalem hospital Wednesday evening. Leiter, a reserve soldier, was seriously wounded in a terror attack in Judea and Samaria earlier in the day. Dagan said the government must 'turn the table,' while Ganz called the division into Areas A, B, and C 'an illusion dangerous for Israel.'
Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, and Israel Ganz, head of the Binyamin Regional Council, visited Nerya Leiter at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening. Leiter, a reserve soldier, was seriously wounded in a car-ramming terror attack in the Binyamin region earlier that day. After the visit, Dagan called on the government to 'turn the table' — a Hebrew idiom meaning to fundamentally change the security situation. Ganz said the division of Judea and Samaria into Areas A, B, and C under the Oslo Accords is 'an illusion dangerous for Israel.' Their visit and statements came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Leiter family at the same hospital at 22:26 Jerusalem before departing for the UN General Assembly.
This development extends The Zioneer's timeline of reporting on the attack. At 19:42 Jerusalem, The Zioneer first reported that Nerya Leiter, son of Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, had been wounded in a severe terror attack in the Binyamin region. Later, at 20:58 Jerusalem, Shaare Zedek Medical Center stated that Leiter underwent urgent brain surgery for intracranial hemorrhage, that his condition had stabilized but remained life-threatening. Then at 22:26, PM Netanyahu visited the family and called on the public to pray for his recovery. These reports were based on official statements from hospital spokespeople and the Prime Minister's Office. The council heads' visit adds a political layer, with local leadership pressing for a more assertive security policy.
As The Zioneer has reported, the Leiter family has already suffered a profound loss in the current conflict: Ambassador Leiter's older son, Moshe Leiter, fell in battle in the Gaza Strip earlier in the war. The attack on Wednesday occurred in the Binyamin region of Judea and Samaria, an area where security forces have repeatedly confronted terror threats, including car-ramming and shooting attacks. The Binyamin Regional Brigade Commander, Col. Anan Fares, was on the scene shortly after the incident.
Leiter's condition remains life-threatening as of Wednesday evening, Shaare Zedek said. No specific government policy changes have been announced in response to the council heads' call for a 'turned table' approach; the visit and statements reflect growing pressure from regional leaders on the government to adopt a more assertive posture following the attack.
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