Overview
- A 7-year-old boy, Moshe (Moishy) Galinsky, was struck and pronounced dead at the scene on a crosswalk in the Brachfeld neighborhood of Modi'in Illit on Thursday.
- Officers from the Modi'in Illit station and traffic investigators from the Judea and Samaria District opened an active probe to determine how the collision occurred.
- Witnesses said the child was crossing after leaving cheder and alleged the Kavim bus proceeded while other children were still on the road, a claim that police have not yet verified.
- Magen David Adom, United Hatzalah and ZAKA volunteers responded, carried out emergency and post-mortem care, and community funeral arrangements were announced for the same afternoon.
- Israel's National Center for Child Safety reports 39 child road deaths since the start of 2026, and safety advocates point to bus blind spots, driver vigilance at crossings, and altered summer routines as factors needing urgent attention.