Channel 14 reports that Rabbi Amos Guata was stabbed to death in his home in Netanya. The suspect, arrested by police, is a student from the yeshiva. The evening report follows a day of developments in the case — police earlier confirmed an arrest and sent the suspect for a psychiatric evaluation that will determine his fitness for trial.
Channel 14 reported Wednesday evening that Rabbi Amos Guata, the prominent Netanya kabbalist, was stabbed to death in his home. The suspect, arrested by police, is a student from the yeshiva, according to the report. The new bulletin comes after a day of intensive coverage of the murder, which was first reported at 06:14 Jerusalem when MDA paramedics treated a man in his 70s with penetrating wounds on Shimon Bar Yochai Street. During the morning, the scene was initially described as a stabbing outside a synagogue; by 08:00 the censor permitted publication identifying the victim as Rabbi Guata. Police arrested a suspect in his 20s — a resident of Netanya — by 08:54. Later in the day, authorities referred the suspect for an urgent psychiatric evaluation to determine his fitness to stand trial, as The Zioneer reported. The evening report by Channel 14 adds the detail that the stabbing occurred in the rabbi's home and identifies the suspect as a yeshiva student. The signal is Developing as the report relies on a single source (Channel 14).
14 developments
- StrongProminent Netanya kabbalist Rabbi Amos Guata eulogized as 'great loss' after morning stabbing
- StrongStudents mourn slain Netanya kabbalist Rabbi Amos Guetta at his hospital bedside
- DevelopingNetanya city council member, student of slain Rabbi Guetta, eulogizes him as a spiritual father
- DevelopingViolent clashes as police attempt to conduct autopsy on slain Rabbi Guetta's body
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