Shaarei Tzedek Hospital reports on Friday afternoon that over the past day Rabbi Yehudah Glick’s condition has stabilized and he is expected to recover. Glick was shot by a terrorist four times on Wednesday evening outside the Begin Center in Jerusalem, in an assassination attempt. Glick was shot in the stomach, chest, neck and arm by Islamic Jihad terrorist Mu’taz Hijazi, who was subsequently killed in a police shootout in his Abu Tor home. This morning Glick underwent stomach surgery, and part of his intestines were removed. Part of his lung was removed in the first operation. Glick will have to undergo a third surgery, probably on Tuesday. Dr. Ofer Merin, the head of Sharei Tzedek’s trauma unit said that “Glick has a very significant injury, and I’m hoping things settle down by the middle of next week… The more time passes, the more the danger decreases… He was very lucky… Four bullets pierced his body, but not in critical locations. He was shot in the lung, in the arm, he was hit near the spine, but it wasn’t damaged. Glick will have minimal disability… He should be able to return to a mostly normal lifestyle, but we’re not jumping to conclusions yet.”
Please pray for Yehuda Yehoshua ben Itta Breina, and we hope he will soon be able to pray and give thanks on the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Yehuda Glicks’s condition has shown a “slight improvement” and doctors are optimistic although he has not out of danger, Sha’arei Tzedek Hospital told The Jewish Press Friday morning. Doctors are keeping him under sedation and on life support systems, but he is not in a coma.
The hospital’s spokeswoman said that Rabbi Glick’s condition improved enough Thursday night to enable doctors to perform a procedure, without taking him to the operating room, to repair damage to his stomach, which suffered wounds from the gunshots of the Jerusalem Arab terrorist who tried to kill him Wednesday night.
He underwent an operation when he was arrived at the hospital, and doctors are considering another operation on Friday depending on his condition. Rabbi Glick, who lives in the southern Hebron Hills, has been campaigning for years for “complete and comprehensive freedom and civil rights for Jews on the Temple Mount. Arab media, and some Israeli leftists as well as international media, have termed him an ”extremist,” but he has never been involved in violent activity or preached incitement.
He has faced dozens of arrests for trying to ascend the Temple Mount but earlier this year won a court battle against police who have tried to keep him away from the holy site because Arabs consider him “provocative.” The courts also have awarded damages to Glick for two wrongful arrests while he filmed police barring entry to the Temple Mount to Jews who were dressed in religious clothing.
In reaction to the attempted assassination of Rabbi Yehuda Glick, we must ask ourselves shouldn’t all people from all faiths and nationalities be aloud to pray wherever and however they want in Israel. The corner stone of Democracy is freedom of religion and we must not be intimidated by terrorists. We must stand up for our rights to be a free people and stand up for the freedoms all people.
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