Heartbreaking scenes unfolded Wednesday at the hospital bedside of Rabbi Amos Guetta, a prominent Netanya kabbalist murdered earlier that morning. His students gathered around him, weeping and mourning, as released imagery showed the poignant farewell. A suspect is in custody; police continue to investigate the motive.
New imagery released Wednesday morning shows students of Rabbi Amos Guetta, a prominent Netanya kabbalist, weeping and mourning at his hospital bedside after he was stabbed to death at his yeshiva early Wednesday. The footage captures the immediate personal grief of those closest to the rabbi, following hours of reporting on the attack.
The Zioneer first reported the stabbing at 07:45, identifying the victim as a prominent kabbalist and noting police suspected a criminal motive. By 07:51, the Shas party had announced his sudden passing and Netanya Mayor Avi Salma had eulogized him. The earlier thread included reports that the suspect was allegedly a student, though the current investigation has not confirmed that relationship. At 08:56, The Zioneer reported police had arrested a local suspect in his 20s, with the motive still under investigation. At 09:05, Chief Rabbi Kalman Meir Bar eulogized Guetta as a 'shocking passing' and a unique spiritual role model. The evolving source base moved from initial media reports to official police and rabbinical statements.
As The Zioneer reported, Rabbi Guetta was a well-known kabbalist and head of a yeshiva in Netanya, described by the Shas party as the rabbi of Libyan Jewry and by the mayor as a pillar of Torah and kindness. The stabbing was one of three separate violent incidents across central and northern Israel early Wednesday, though police have not linked them.
What remains open: the exact motive for the stabbing — initially reported as possibly criminal — has not been officially clarified. The relationship between the suspect and the rabbi, initially described by some outlets as a student, has not been confirmed by police in their latest statement.
4 developments
- StrongShas party announces sudden passing of prominent Netanya rabbi Amos Guata
- DevelopingPolice arrest suspect in stabbing murder of Rabbi Amos Guetta at Netanya yeshiva
- DevelopingFire services deploy for Rabbi Amos Guatta's funeral in Netanya
- DevelopingRenowned Kabbalist Rabbi Rahamim Atiya dies at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center
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- Internal intake