Shai Ben Shlomo, who was hospitalized in critical condition after being attacked by a terrorist in Elad, who hacked at his head with an axe, was released from hospital on Thursday, having made a complete and miraculous recovery.

Haredi journalist Ariel Elharar posted a picture of Ben Shlomo on his Twitter page, holding his young son in his arms. "Look at the excited face of this sweet little boy," he wrote. "His father was in hospital for three months while his young son prayed that his father would recover and come home after being critically wounded by a terrorist wielding an axe in a horrific attack. Today, this father was discharged from hospital and is back home, completely healthy."

Ben Shlomo had been with his four children in a park in Elad when the terrorist struck, on the evening after Independence Day. His daughter fled the scene with her brothers, saving their lives.

Ben Shlomo's brother-in-law related how in the moments just after the attack, before the children ran home, their father tried to protect them from seeing how severely wounded he was. "His head was basically split open and he'd been wounded all over his body too, but he tried to turn to the side so that his children wouldn't see, to protect them, before he collapsed," he described.

Ben Shlomo was treated at the scene by United Hatzalah volunteers and then evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. There he was rushed into surgery, but even following that, his life was still considered to be in danger.