US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee wrote on X about the injury of Neria Leiters: "Praying for the entire Leiters family. They lost a son in Gaza, who was killed by Hamas. Now a Palestinian terrorist tried to murder soldiers at a checkpoint. My heart is with Yechiel Leiters."

The statement from Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, expresses condolences and concern following two incidents: the death of a son of the Leiters family in Gaza, attributed to Hamas, and an attempted murder of soldiers at a checkpoint by a Palestinian terrorist.