Yehoshua (Shuki) Gilboa, who was moderately-to-seriously wounded in the Kiryat Arba stabbing attack Thursday morning was treated by his wife, a registered nurse. Shuki is a member of the Kiryat

Mrs. Shlumit Gilboa is a MDA volunteer in addition to being a registered nurse. She was on the ambulance that arrived at the scene of the attack in which her husband was stabbed and shot. She got into the paramedic ambulance to accompany him to the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital trauma center.Arba first response team and was among the first three to enter the Ariel home, only to find the terrorist stabbing 13-year-old Hallel Yafeh to death in her sleep.

Mrs. Gilboa explained to the media she had just completed a night shift and was planning to head to bed. At that moment my husband told me “good night” and then they heard on the radio that the terrorist got over the security fence. Shuki responded and she reports he was seriously injured in an eye. She assisted in controlling the bleeding while assuring her husband he would be okay.

She concluded “I thank Hashem Yisborach that Yehoshua is conscious and will be okay. It only makes me love my husband and state more. You can see it is not only in a yishuv but in Tel Aviv as well, Herzliya, and anyplace. There is nothing to do. They want the entire state, not just Hebron and not just Yehuda and Shomron”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)