Son of Israeli Ambassador to US Seriously Hurt in West Bank Ramming Attack

Neria Leiter, the son of Israel's ambassador to the United States and a reservist soldier, was seriously wounded in a car-ramming attack at a West Bank checkpoint on September 23, 2026. The assailant was shot dead at the scene. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Leiter's family at a Jerusalem hospital and said he was 'praying for a miracle' for the ambassador's son. Leiter's father, the US envoy, confirmed his son was injured in the attack.