An Israeli mother shot dead by terrorists near Tel Aviv died while protecting her nine-month-old baby from the attack.
Inbar Segev-Vigder was among seven people who died during Tuesday’s horrific attack.
The new mother was protecting her son Ari when she was shot dead, Israel confirmed.
‘She saved his life. There are no words. Only heartbreak,” the country’s official account published on X. ‘May the memory of the victims be a blessing.’
Segev-Vigder, 33, was a pilates instructor and is also survived by her husband, the Times of Israel reports.
Inbar Segev-Vigder died while protecting her nine-month-old baby from the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
He died along with newlywed Shahar Goldman, 30, a dancer who married last year.
Ilya Nozadze, 42, Revital Bronstein, 24, and Nadia Sokolenko, 40, also died, the Jerusalem Post reports. A seventh victim has not yet been publicly named.
At least 16 other people were injured during the chaos that unfolded in Jaffa shortly after 7pm.
Two terrorists armed with an M16 pistol and a knife began the attack aboard a light rail train before continuing the attack onto the street.
A joint Shin Bet and Tel Aviv district investigation named Muhammad Mask, 19, and Ahmed Hamoni, 25, as suspects.
The terrorists were fired upon by law enforcement officers and armed pedestrians. Mask died while Hamoni was seriously injured, Israel Police said.
Both men were from Hebron and had not been previously arrested, but were previously involved in “riots,” Israel Police said.
The new mother was protecting her son Ari when she was shot dead, Israel confirmed
Seven people were killed and at least 16 injured during the shooting and stabbing
Bystadnder Lev Kraitman was eating schnitzel in the old port area of Tel Aviv when he heard gunshots.
Without hesitation, he ran to the light rail station, where they were on a rampage, stabbing and shooting anyone they crossed.
Kraitman, who saved 20 people from the Nova massacre last year before serving in Gaza, pulled out his gun and confronted the attackers, shooting one of them dead.
The attack came moments before Israel’s defense system stopped a barrage of nearly 200 Iranian missiles.
Iran launched wave after wave of warheads toward Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in revenge for Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s allies Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the assassination of its leader last week.
In the most dramatic development of the Middle East conflict, air raid sirens sounded as 181 missiles began raining down on Israel, and some rockets exploded dramatically in bright orange flames near Tel Aviv.
Two terrorists armed with an M16 pistol and a knife began the attack aboard a light rail train before continuing the rampage on the street.
Both terrorists were shot by law enforcement and bystanders, one died and the other was seriously injured.
Although Iran claimed that a new type of hypersonic missile was also used for the first time, IDF Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said there were no Israeli casualties and only a few hits in the center and south of the country.
“We are on high alert both defensively and offensively,” Hagari said in a television broadcast.
‘We will defend the citizens of the State of Israel. This attack will have consequences. We have plans and we will operate in the place and time we decide.”