A murdered mother, a wrecked father, a miracle baby.

Please pray for the Gez family of Israel.

Tzeela Gez was murdered by a terrorist in the West Bank last night. She was 30 years old and on the way to Petah Tikva’s Rabin Medical Center to deliver her fourth child. On the way there, she was gravely injured, and her husband less so. At the hospital, according to the Times of Israel:

During efforts to save her life, doctors performed an emergency C-section to deliver her baby, the medical center said. The newborn was listed in serious condition and was transferred to Schneider Children’s Hospital within the compound, where doctors were working to save his life.

More from the Times of Israel:

Gez, a mother of three, was in her ninth month of pregnancy and was heading from the family’s home in the Bruchin settlement to a hospital to give birth, local authorities said.

Her husband, Hananel, who was driving the car, was lightly hurt, the hospital said after his condition was initially listed as serious. . . .

“He told them that with Mom they traveled to bring the new baby, and on the way a terrorist shot at Mom, and Dad tried to save her, and they did everything, and they managed to save the baby but not Mom,” she recalled.

Gez, who was active on social media, worked as a trauma, anxiety, and relationships therapist. In the past, she posted videos and messages encouraging her followers to maintain their spirits despite the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

“Another moment I am grateful that I am breathing, that I am present and that I am here,” she wrote on Facebook in December 2023, two months after the devastating Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel, which caused the war. “From here, all I want to do is be active and spread light; even a small smile is spreading light.” . . .

The IDF believed the attack was carried out by a sole terrorist, leading it to reorganize its deployment near Bruchin and to work to defoliate the area from which the gunfire was carried out

Meanwhile, the IDF was continuing to surround Bruqin and another Palestinian town, Kafr ad-Dik, amid the hunt for the terrorist.

You don’t have to understand Hebrew to appreciate this:

God bless and protect that grieving family. May that baby survive and bring hope in the midst of such evil.