Yeshiva Student Dies in Five-Story Fall in Bnei Brak

Two severe falls occurred simultaneously Thursday morning in different cities across Israel.

In Bnei Brak, Tuvya Kampa z"l, a 20-year-old yeshiva student who had married just months earlier and studied at Yeshivat Beit Midrash Elyon, fell from the fifth floor of the yeshiva building on Uziel Street.

United Hatzalah spokesperson initially reported: "United Hatzalah medical teams are performing resuscitation at this moment on a young man around 20 years old who fell from a height on Uziel Street in Bnei Brak. We will update further."

Emergency forces arriving at the scene immediately began resuscitation efforts. The young man's condition was defined as extremely critical, and he received intensive medical treatment at the site.

Hatzalah spokesperson later confirmed: "Hatzalah organization volunteers were called to the yeshiva on Rabbi Uziel Street in Bnei Brak following a report of a fall from height. Together with medics and paramedics from MDA, the volunteers performed advanced resuscitation efforts on the 20-year-old, but unfortunately the paramedics were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene."

Hatzalah medics Moishi Indig and Bentzi Himmel, who arrived first on scene, reported: "When we arrived with the Hatzalah emergency vehicle, we found a young man around 20 years old unconscious, without pulse and without breathing, with multi-system trauma, after falling from the fifth floor. Together with medics and paramedics from Hatzalah and MDA, we performed advanced resuscitation efforts, but unfortunately the paramedics were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene."

United Hatzalah medics Yechiel Miller, Shimon Shemoni, and Daniel Yefuneh reported: "We were told at the scene that he slipped from a height of five stories in the educational institution where he was staying. We performed intensive resuscitation efforts, but unfortunately his death was pronounced at the scene due to the nature of the severe injuries he suffered."

MDA emergency medics Moshe Indig and Aharon Shrig recounted: "We received a report about a man who fell from height. We arrived quickly and were led to the victim. He was unconscious without pulse and without breathing with multi-system trauma. We performed medical examinations and unfortunately were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene."

At 11 a.m. a report was received of a child who fell from approximately four stories in Kiryat Yam. Medics and paramedics are providing medical treatment on site and performing resuscitation on the two-year-old boy.

MDA motorcycle unit emergency medic Moshe Amsalem described the severe situation: "This is a difficult incident, a child around two years old lying unconscious without pulse and without breathing after falling from a great height. We immediately began medical treatment including compressions, ventilation, and administering medications, and evacuated him in an MDA intensive care ambulance to the hospital in critical condition as we continue fighting for his life."

The toddler was evacuated to Rambam Hospital in Haifa in critical condition while resuscitation efforts continued. MDA teams continue fighting for the young child's life.

These two incidents join a series of serious falls that have occurred in recent months among children and youth. Yesterday, a 13-year-old boy was moderately injured in a fall from height on Don Yosef Street in Bnei Brak when he fell from a window in the educational institution where he was staying. The boy suffered a head injury and was evacuated to Sheba Hospital.

About a week ago, a two-year-old girl fell from height on Rabbi Shach Street in Bnei Brak and was evacuated in moderate condition to Schneider Hospital. The toddler suffered a head injury following the fall from a height of approximately one meter.

Emergency forces continue treating the two victims and fighting for their lives. Additional updates will be published as they are received.