TERROR IN ISRAEL: American Killed in Shooting Attack At Beit Ha’arava Junction On Route 90
A 26-year-old American man was killed in a shooting attack on Route 90 near the Beit Ha’arava Junction on Monday evening.
Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah Volunteers were on the scene and doing CPR on the victim who was rushed to Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, where he tragically succumbed to his wounds.
The IDF continues to search for the terrorist who carried out the attack, and has set up roadblocks and checkpoints in the area as they hunt for the murderer.
The victim was later identified as Elan Ganales, h’yd. Ganeles grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut and attended Modern Orthodox schools. His family belonged to the Young Israel of West Hartford shul, where Ganeles served as a ba’al koreh as a teenager.
Ganales spent a year in Israel after high school and ended up extending his stay and enlisting in the army. He later returned to the US to attend Columbia. He had traveled to Israel this week for a wedding.
Ganeles is survived by his parents and two younger brothers, Simon and Gabriel. His levaya will take place in Israel and his family members will return to Connecticut to sit shiva.
“We are shattered by the loss of Elan Ganeles, a US-Israeli citizen and IDF vet murdered today by Palestinian terrorists,” a statement from the Israeli Consulate in New York said. “Elan grew up in Connecticut and graduated last May from Columbia. He volunteered in his local community & sought to better the world. May his memory be a blessing.”
Separately, another Israeli-owned car came under gunfire near the Beit Ha’arava Junction. The Israeli motorist continued driving until the nearby Almog Junction and reported the incident to the authorities. B’chasdei Hashem, none of the passengers in the vehicle were injured.
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