Avraham Noach Paley, the father of Asher Menachem and Yaakov Yisrael Paley, the eight and six-year old brothers who were murdered in a terrorist ramming attack in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot nearly three weeks ago, was informed of the death of his children Wednesday morning.
Paley, 42, had been seriously injured in the attack and was sedated for over two weeks while undergoing several surgeries. He only regained consciousness recently.
He was informed of the tragic loss of his two sons by the staff at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where he has been treated, and by his wife Hannah Devorah Paley.
When he was informed of the horrific news, he burst into tears and said: ‘Baruch Dayan Ha’emet,’ Hebrew for ‘Blessed is the true judge.’
Behadrei Haredim reported that Paley asked “why did G-d do this,” and that he performed the traditional Jewish mourning practice of tearing his clothing and will sit shiva for his sons for seven days before the Purim holiday next week.

One of the family members told Behadrei Haredim that Paley did not have any memories of the attack.
Dr. Vernon Van Heerden, the head of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital’s General Intensive Care Unit. said earlier this week that after being sedated and on a respirator for the past few weeks, Avraham Paley’s condition had improved and he is awake and communicating with his surroundings, but his condition is still considered serious.