More than a month after he was critically injured in a ramming attack, Neriya Leiter, son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States, was released Wednesday from Shaare Zedek Medical Center for continued neurological rehabilitation. Leiter is out of life-threatening danger and breathing on his own, but remains unconscious.
🚨🚨 BREAKING: Today’s Israeli terror victim has been identified as the son of Israeli ambassador to U.S., Dr. Yechiel Leiter.
Neria Dov Leiter is an IDF reservist currently hospitalized in critical condition after an Arab ‘Palestinian’ terrorist rammed his car into him this afternoon at a security checkpoint on Route 443, near Beit Horon in Israel.
Leiter is a resident of Samaria. He was taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem unconscious, sedated, and intubated. For the Leiter family, this is another devastating tragedy, after they lost their eldest son, Major Moshe Yedidya Leiter, at the start of the Iron Swords war.
@IDF forces at the scene of today’s terror attack responded with immediate fire and eliminated the terrorist.
Samaria Governor Dagan called for “restoring deterrence in the face of murderous terror.”
— C14 News | EN (@c14english) September 23, 2026
Leiter was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and in immediate danger of death. During his hospitalization he underwent multiple neurosurgical and orthopedic operations, and spent weeks in intensive care sedated and on a ventilator.
After his condition stabilized, he was transferred to the neurological intensive care unit for continued treatment, and has now been released to a rehabilitation facility specializing in head injuries.
🚨Breaking: Suspected car-ramming attack at checkpoint along Israel’s route 443.
@UnitedHatzalah first responders are treating a male patient, approximately 30 years old, who sustained serious injuries.
The terrorist was neutralized at the scene.
Via @Eliya_aviv https://t.co/YEbE5sdeXV
— C14 News | EN (@c14english) September 23, 2026
The Leiter family said it is grateful to the medical teams at Shaare Zedek for their dedicated care, asked for privacy, and called on the public to continue praying for his recovery.