Israels U.S. ambassadors son critically injured in West Bank car-ramming attack

The son of Israel’s U.S. ambassador, Yechiel Leiter, was critically injured in a car-ramming attack near Beit Horon in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.
Neria Leiter, a 39-year-old reserve soldier, was in a police vehicle at a checkpoint on Route 443 when a Palestinian driver deliberately rammed into it, Israeli military and diplomatic sources said. The attacker, identified as Mahmoud Muhammad Mahmoud Suleiman, 29, from the nearby village of Beit Ur al Tahta, was shot dead by troops at the scene. Neria Leiter was rushed to Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where doctors described his condition as extremely critical.
Ambassador Leiter, who had been in the U.S. for the U.N. General Assembly, confirmed the incident on X, writing that his son “needs a miracle.” He added that Neria had continued serving in the reserves after his older brother, Moshe Yedidya Leiter, was killed in Gaza in 2023. “Palestinian terrorism seeks to uproot the people of Israel from their land. They choose death — we choose life,” the ambassador posted.
The Israeli military said it had reinforced security at the checkpoint and was investigating the circumstances. Hamas praised the attack as a “natural response” to Israeli actions in the West Bank and Gaza but did not claim responsibility.
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