Israeli authorities permitted publication of the name of the 7-year-old boy stabbed to death in Beit Shemesh. Hillel Mordechai Dadon was killed in the attack; details remain under investigation.
Israeli authorities permitted publication of the name of the child killed in the stabbing attack in Beit Shemesh this evening. The victim was identified as Hillel Mordechai Dadon, aged 7. The attack occurred earlier today.
At 16:58 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported initial Israeli media accounts stating that a 6-year-old was in critical condition and a 4-year-old in serious condition following the stabbing. The identification of a 7-year-old victim is not fully consistent with those early details; it remains unclear whether the earlier reports misstated ages or whether the attack injured multiple children in addition to the fatality. The investigation is ongoing.
No further information has been released regarding the assailant or the circumstances leading up to the attack. Authorities have not disclosed whether a suspect is in custody.
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