Nadav Samuels, the Israeli-Canadian wounded in the seminary shooting in Jerusalem, is in stable condition in hospital after undergoing surgery on Saturday.
Samuels, who turns 15 next week, suffered numerous bullet wounds and two broken ankles in the attack, which happened Thursday.
The surgery removed several pieces of shrapnel, according to Noah Samuels, the teen's father.
Nadav's injuries are so extensive that his father is unsure how many times his son was shot.
Samuels, a student at the Mercaz Harav yeshiva, a religious school, was reading in the library when the gunman opened fire. He took cover under a table.
"He is one of the lucky ones," Noah said.
The Palestinian gunman who burst into the seminary killed eight students before being shot and killed himself. Nine others were wounded in the attack, the first major incident in Jerusalem since 2004.
Nadav will soon be moved from intensive care to begin his recovery. He will need to undergo extensive rehabilitation and physical therapy.
His father told CTV that on the night of the shooting attack, he turned on the television and saw his son being loaded into an ambulance. He was able to identify him by his clothing.
He then rushed to Hadassah Hospital where his son was taken. Nadav was already in surgery when the family arrived.
Nadav Samuels was born in Israel and has lived there his entire life, but vacations in Canada and has Canadian citizenship. He also has family in Toronto. His parents moved to Jerusalem in 1983.
The gunman
Israel media report that at least eight Israeli Arabs have been arrested in connection with the incident.
The shooters has been identified as Alaa Abu-Dheim, a 25-year-old from an affluent family in Arab East Jerusalem.
His sister Iman told Â鶹´«Ã½ her brother was very religious and had been engaged to be married -- and that he was haunted by the recent Israeli military offensive in Gaza that has left at least 120 Palestinians dead.
His fiancee is among those rounded up by Israeli authorities.
Iman said on the day of the shooting, Alaa had called her and several family members, telling them to take care of themselves and family. He repaid a small loan to another sister.
Supporters of the Islamic group Hamas in the Gaza Strip celebrated after hearing news of the attack. Hamas and Hezbollah flags hung outside his traditional mourning tent, although Hamas has backed away from taking responsibility.
But both Israeli authorities and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas say that the peace process begun last November must continue to move forward.
As a side deal to that process, Eygpt is acting as an intermediary between Hamas -- whose militants have been firing rockets into Israel, leading to Israel's military response -- and the Israelis.
The ceasefire deal would see Hamas stop firing rockets in exchange for Israel stopping military action in Gaza.
Abbas called for "calm" in Gaza and reiterated his support for the Egyptian efforts.
"These brutal attacks (in Gaza) must stop and these rockets must stop, and Gaza's border crossings must open, all of them," he said.
With files from CTV's Janis Mackey Frayer and The Associated Press
