The news came late Monday night, that 6-year-old Binyamin Hirshfeld z”l of Beit Shemesh, who drowned in his bathtub two weeks ago, was R”L niftar.

Binyamin drowned in the tub two weeks ago. He and his brother were in the bath together and when his brother saw he was not responding he called for their mother, who immediately took him out.

Ichud Hatzalah responded to the scene and he was resuscitated and transported to the hospital in critical condition. The levaya is scheduled to be held in Beit Shemesh today, 28 Cheshvan.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)