A 12-year-old boy who fell down a flight of stairs in a talmid torah on Achim Suleiman Street in Rishon L’Tzion was R”L Niftar. According to the Ichud (United) Hatzalah report, the youth was found in traumatic arrest and was transported in a Magen David Adom paramedic unit to Assaf HaRofeh as resuscitation efforts continued.

Ichud officials report the first on the scene were told the child had fallen down the stairs. They immediately began CPR as they awaited a paramedic response to begin advanced life saving resuscitation. Some report that he did not slip on the stairs, but collapsed and fell on the stairs as a result of losing consciousness.

No further information has been released.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)