An Arab mother was injured in a car crash. A Jewish nurse breastfed her baby

• Date: 11 March 2021
• Published date: 11 March 2021
• Author: Arutz Sheva Staff
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

Cohen, a nurse at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center who lives in the settlement of Nokdim, told the news site on Wednesday that the four-month-old baby had arrived with her mother at the hospital.

The collision had occurred on Saturday, when the Arab family, which lives in one of Jerusalem's Arab neighborhoods, was driving from the Hevron area and collided with a large truck, which totaled their car.

"People don't believe that anyone survived that accident when they see the car," said the father's brother, who asked to remain anonymous. "It was completely crushed - from every direction there was damage and breakage."

The mother, who was seriously injured, was transferred with her two girls, ages six years and four months, to Hadassah Ein Kerem, while the father was taken along with a son to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

"The two girls arrived for treatment," explained Cohen, who works in the hospital's pediatric surgery ward. "We tried to help them recover. The six-year-old we were able to convince to eat, and we encouraged her with a lot of warmth and smiles. But the baby - who is used to nursing exclusively - refused the bottle, and we had already started preparing her for a liquid nutrition plan."

In the meantime, members of the extended family arrived at the hospital, but they also did not manage to convince the baby to eat. After she saw that the baby would not stop crying, Cohen, who is a mother of two, including a 15-month-old baby, offered to nurse the baby herself.

"She was so hungry," Cohen told Ynet on Wednesday. "I asked the aunt who was taking care of her if she wanted me to nurse - I really wanted to make sure that it was okay with her - and she immediately became excited and thanked me. She already felt helpless and did not know what to do."

"I sat down, I...