Car attack at Jerusalem's Chords Bridge
Car attack at Jerusalem's Chords BridgeYonatan Sindel/Flash 90

The condition of the 18-month-old baby whose leg was almost cut off during Monday night's car attack in Jerusalem continues to be serious, Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center staff stated Tuesday morning. 

The hospital's medical staff continues to work to save the baby's foot, they said. 

"He's still unconscious and on a respirator," Dr. Asher Shalmon, Deputy Director of Hadassah, stated to Army Radio Tuesday morning. "I assume we are going to try to wake him today." 

"The situation is serious, but there is no danger to his life," he clarified. 

On Monday night, an Arab terrorist from Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood wounded 14 people after he rammed his car into a bus stop near the iconic Chords Bridge. 

Two others, including a 65-year-old woman, were moderately wounded and the rest were lightly wounded. The terrorist was shot dead after exiting the car armed with an ax.

Five people injured in the attack are still hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Hospital in the capital:

  • A woman suffering from moderate injuries, and was operated upon overnight; she is now sedated and in intensive care;
  • A man suffering from injuries to his nose, was operated upon and is now admitted to the Orthopedics ward;
  • A woman being treated in the Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) ward;
  • Two others, suffering from light injuries, who have remained in hospital for monitoring.