The tragedy that occurred in the Givat Mordechai neighborhood of Yerushalayim on Wednesday, 21 Shevat 5774 has the country horrified. A frum family became ill, apparently the result of having an exterminator work in their apartment a day earlier. As a result, two children died in Shaare Zedek Hospital, sisters, one 18-months-old and the second 4-years-old. Two other children remain in a pediatric intensive care unit in serious/unstable condition.
The levaya of the daughters of R’ Shimon Gross, Yael and Avigail, 4 and 18-months, were held in Har Menuchos on Thursday afternoon January 23 2014, The girls were niftar on Wednesday following the tragic pesticide incident in their Yerushalayim home that has left their older brothers fighting for their lives.
The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Thursday extended the remand of the Jerusalem exterminator who is alleged to have negligently sprayed toxic material in the apartment of a family of six, The suspect, who has no prior convictions, was transported to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, where he gave doctors information about the toxic material he used in the apartment in hopes it can help them treat the young boys more effectively.