While Aaron of Kiev remains in critical condition, Baruch Hashem he was stable enough to permit his transfer from a Kiev hospital to Eretz Yisrael. Aaron Alexander ben Avraham was beaten almost to death on motzei Shabbos after leaving his second Seder at about 00:30 in the morning as was reported by YWN-ISRAEL.

Aaron remains comatose and on a mechanical respirator, and doctors report he is far from out of the woods since he sustained serious head injuries from the beating in the hate attack. Local police have not yet officially labeled the attempted murder a ‘hate crime’, explaining they have yet to rule out a criminal incident.

Aaron was flown on a private plane at 01:00 Wednesday, fourth day chol hamoed and landed in Eretz Yisrael on Wednesday morning. He was taken to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)