Overview
- Sarah Yahav returned to Hadassah Ein Kerem with her husband Natan and gave birth to her first son on Tuesday in the same hospital where she was born prematurely after the 2003 shooting.
- The 2003 attack on August 29 left Sarah’s father, Shuli Har-Melech, dead and her mother, then six months pregnant Limor Son Har-Melech, seriously wounded and rushed to Hadassah for emergency surgery.
- Doctors credited with the 2003 emergency operation — Prof. Asher Shoshan, Prof. Avi Rivkind, and Prof. David Shveiky — are cited in reports as having saved Limor’s life and delivering Sarah, who then spent an extended stay in the neonatal intensive care unit.
- MK Son Har-Melech said the birth showed the ‘victory of the Jewish people’ and used the family milestone to cast the return as a public symbol of resilience over terror.
- Coverage is human-interest in tone and highlights Hadassah Ein Kerem’s role in trauma and neonatal care while underscoring how a single family’s story has been turned into a broader message about survival and continuity.