Survivor of Jerusalem Stabbing Recounts Attack on Her Family

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On Monday Oct 5th,  Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu paid a visit to Odel Bennett, whose husband Aharon was stabbed to death in a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on October 3, 2015. Odel and her son are being treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. Odel was badly injured in the attack, and the couple’s baby son Natan was lightly injured. Old City resident Nehemia Lavi, who rushed to help the couple during the attack, was also killed.

Among the many visitors to Odel Bennett and her son Natan were Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar. To his left is acting head of surgery Prof. Alon Pikarsky who operated on Bennett. Right is HMO Rabbi Moshe Klein.
Among the many visitors to Odel Bennett and her son Natan were Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar. To his left is acting head of surgery Prof. Alon Pikarsky who operated on Bennett. Right is HMO Rabbi Moshe Klein.

For the full story, please read this account that appeared in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/world/middleeast/survivor-of-jerusalem-stabbing-recounts-attack-on-her-family.html?_r=0