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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 | The Jewish Home
Undercover Sniper Succumbs to His Injuries
cials as saying. In a statement following the summary’s release, U.S. President Joe Biden said, “Critical information about the origins of this pandemic exists in the People’s Republic of China, yet from the beginning, government officials in China have worked to prevent international investigators and members of the global public health community from accessing it.”
China’s embassy in Washington issued a statement saying the report “wrongly” claimed that China continued to hinder the investigation and that “a report fabricated by the U.S. intelligence community is not scientifically credible.” “The origin-tracing is a matter of science; it should and can only be left to scientists, not intelligence experts,” the statement said, adding that the report was aimed at “scape-
goating China” and that such actions would “disturb and sabotage international cooperation on origin-tracing and on fighting the pandemic.” The Chinese Embassy also claimed that Washington “has been shying away from tracing the origin in the United States and closing the door on any such possibility” and suggested that the U.S. invite the World Health Organization to Fort Detrick to investigate.
Sergeant Barel Hadarya Shmueli, the 21-year-old Border Police officer who suffered critical injuries in a violent Gaza border riot on Saturday, August 21, passed away this week from his wounds, the Border Police announced in a Monday statement. Shmueli, a sniper, was shot in the head at close range while securing the border during the riot. He was evacuated to Be’er Sheva’s Soroka Medical Center, where he was admitted to the trauma unit and underwent an emergency operation, which was then followed by additional operations. Medical staff fought for nine days to save his life, but his condition deteriorated on Sunday, and Shmueli succumbed to his injuries. Shmueli enlisted in the Border Police in March 2019 and underwent training as a fighter. Following his training, he completed a course to join the Border Police’s undercover Arab unit, after which he became part of the Border Police Southern District’s unit (Yamas). During his service in the unit, Shmueli completed a sniper’s course, later serving as a Yamas sniper and taking part in dozens of operations to foil terror activity and fight serious crime in southern Israel. Soroka Medical Center, which treated Shmueli following the attack, said in a statement, “The medical team fought for his life and he underwent multiple surgeries during his hospitalization. Despite the intense efforts, due to his serious injury, the medical staff was forced to determine his death. We share in the heavy grief of his family.” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, “There are no words to
