Rabbi Amos Guetta, a prominent Netanya kabbalist, was stabbed to death inside his yeshiva synagogue on Wednesday morning, according to Israeli media. Police are searching for the suspect, who is reportedly a follower of the rabbi and fled after the stabbing.
The suspect in the stabbing death of Rabbi Amos Guetta at a Netanya yeshiva Wednesday morning is reportedly a follower of the rabbi, according to Israeli media updates. The attack occurred at the yeshiva synagogue on Shimon Bar Yohai Street. Police are searching for the suspect, who fled the scene after the stabbing, as reported at 07:45 and 08:10 Jerusalem by The Zioneer.
As The Zioneer reported throughout the morning, the story has evolved rapidly: at 06:14 Jerusalem, the first reports described a 70-year-old man critically wounded in a stabbing, later identified as a prominent rabbi. By 07:45, the victim was named as Rabbi Amos Guetta, a well-known Netanya kabbalist, with police investigating a suspected criminal motive. Shas party announced his passing shortly after 07:51. The suspect was first described as mentally unstable (i24NEWS, 08:41), and then as a student of the rabbi who was at the yeshiva for rehabilitation (version 9), leading to a police manhunt. The current development adds the detail that the suspect was a follower of the rabbi, consolidating earlier reports.
Rabbi Guetta was a renowned kabbalist and the spiritual leader of Netanya's Libyan Jewish community, as The Zioneer reported at 07:45 and 08:10. Netanya Mayor Avi Salma eulogized him as "a great light and pillar of Torah and kindness" (Shas announcement, 07:51). The stabbing occurred amid a spate of violent deaths Wednesday morning, including a fatal shooting in Yagur and another in Shefa-'Amr, as reported at 08:10.
No official confirmation of the suspect's identity or state of mind has been released by police. The motive — whether criminal or otherwise —remains under investigation, and the suspect remains at large.
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