Officials in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Sunday morning provided an update on the condition of Nachal Chareidi soldier Netanel Felber, who was critically wounded in the Givat Assaf shooting attack, which took place on 5 Teves.

Netanel is now breathing on his own, which hospital officials explain represents a “slight improvement” in his condition, which remains “serious/life threatening”.

Netanel, who was shot in his head, remains unconscious in an intensive care unit.

The tzibur is asked to continue being mispallel on his behalf. Netanel Ilan ben Shaina Tziporah bsoch cholei yisrael.

Last week, it was reported that while in an induced coma in Hadassa Hospital, Netanel had responded to wearing Tefillin and hearing the reading of the Parsha.

Netanel’s father related the story:

“For whatever reason, I felt a strong desire to put Tefillin on my son. I felt like he would appreciate it, but I had no idea if it was a good idea or not, medically speaking. I asked the nurses, and they were surprisingly receptive. So I took Netanel’s tefillin to his bedside. Slowly I started rolling his sleeve up, so I could slide up the shel yad onto his arm. And I’m telling you, from within his coma… Netanel lifted his shoulder, ever so slightly, so I could get his sleeve high enough.”

Similarly, this past Friday night, someone walked to the hospital, in order to read the weekly parsha by Netanel’s bedside. Netanel’s mother noticed that Netanel’s pulse, which had been stable the entire day, inexplicably increased in pace during the reading.”

 

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PHOTOS: #IDF Nachal Chareidi soldiers Davening at The #Kotel for Netanel Felber, a soldier who was critically wounded in the Givat Assaf terror attack. Officials in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on Sunday morning reported a “slight improvement” in Netanel’s condition. TEHILLIM: Netanel Ilan ben Shaina Tziporah

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(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)