The condition of 80-year-old Rachel Eizenkot, who was seriously injured Monday when a terrorist stabbed her in the back, is improving, according to her doctors.
Meanwhile, a debate is raging over the fact that citizens who chased after the terrorist and saw Eizenkot fall after she was stabbed did not stop to assist her, opting instead to keep running after the terrorist.
Sagit Bracha-Eizenkot, Rachel's granddaughter, told Channel 2 that after watching the security camera video of the stabbing, she "feels like giving them a piece of my mind even more than the terrorist. Thirty people ran after him – let one of them stop and help my grandmother."
She said that each of the citizens who ran past her grandmother "needs to do some soul searching."
"You want to stop the terrorist – fine, but someone needs to stop and help the wounded. We have a saying – 'we do not leave the wounded behind.' But that is exactly what we have become."
Two other people were injured in the attack that took place in Rishon Letzion – a haredi man from Bnei Brak, 31, who is in serious condition, and another person who suffered light wounds.
The terrorist, aged 19, was subdued by passersby and arrested by police, who protected him from the raging crowd and took him away in a squad car.
Facebook discussion of Eizenkot's complaints has not been uniform, with some people saying that the press was making a big fuss over nothing, and commending the courage of the unarmed civilians who chased down the armed terrorist.
The terrorist can be seen in black in the first video below, which some may find disturbing. The video actually shows people beginning to take care of Rachel Eizenkot 30 seconds after she was stabbed.