Daniel Wultz RIP

Wultz, a South Florida teenager was in Israel last month when a Palestinian murder bomber attacked. He sucumbed to his wounds this morning. I am deeply sorry for the Wultz family and their friends. You are in our prayers.

Daniel Wultz's death was one more in a long line of them in the Middle East. Will this madness ever end? I don't think it will in my lifetime, if ever.

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JERUSALEM-- A Florida teenager wounded in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv last month died Sunday from his injuries, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Daniel Wultz, 16, of Weston, Fla., will be flown home for burial Monday, said Yael Tzuberi, a spokeswoman for the Tel Aviv Medical Center where he was hospitalized. Wultz came to Israel with his parents to visit relatives on Passover. He and his father, Tuly, were having lunch at a Tel Aviv restaurant on April 17 when a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated about 10 pounds of explosives in the entrance.s

His death brought the number of those killed in the attack to 11, in addition to the suicide bomber. Dozens were wounded, including Wultz's father, who survived.

The teenager arrived at the hospital after the attack still bleeding and in critical condition, with serious wounds to his abdomen and a leg. After the bleeding was brought under control, doctors removed his spleen and a kidney and treated the leg.

Wultz opened his eyes at one point about two weeks ago but his condition remained critical, deteriorating in recent days, said Patrick Sorkin, head of the intensive care unit.

Wultz received 200 units of blood. In part due to the many transfusions and the seriousness of his condition, Wultz contracted an infection and was hooked up to a life support system, Sorkin said.

``Unfortunately, none of this helped and he died today,'' he said.