Dec. 19 Jerusalem stabbing ruled a terror attack. The Arab suspect, Nabil Shabani, 60, was employed as a cleaner and handyman in the 70-year-old victim's apartment complex.

Dec. 19 Jerusalem stabbing ruled a terror attack. The suspect, Nabil Shabani, 60, was employed as a cleaner and handyman in the 70-year-old victim's apartment complex, according to Israeli authorities.

(Jan. 5, 2025 / JNS). Israeli authorities on Sunday filed preliminary charges against a resident of eastern Jerusalem in connection with the Dec. 19 stabbing of an elderly Israeli woman in the capital’s downtown area. The suspect acted with a terrorist motive when he attacked the victim in her home, according to the indictment.

Around noon on Dec. 19, the Magen David Adom emergency medical service received a report about a woman in her 70s who had been found wounded inside a home on Koresh Street near City Hall.

Medics provided first aid and evacuated the woman to Shaare Zedek Medical Center with serious wounds. Her situation has since improved, but she remains hospitalized in moderate condition.

The suspect, Nabil Shabani, 60, was employed as a cleaner and handyman in the apartment complex when the attack occurred, the Israel Police and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) said on Sunday.

“I wanted to murder her,” Shabani is said to have told security forces, claiming he attacked the woman due to Israel’s actions in Gaza.

According to authorities, Shabani visited the victim’s home to carry out repairs the evening before the assault. After he told her that he needed to buy screws to fix the problem, the victim gave him 100 shekels ($27), and he told her he would return the following day.

The next morning, Shabani allegedly strangled her until he believed she was dead. Footage made public on Sunday showed him fleeing the scene but returning after realizing he had left his walking stick there.

Upon returning to the apartment, he allegedly realized the victim was still alive and decided to stab her multiple times with a kitchen knife, as well as steal her jewelry.

Shabani subsequently fled to Judea and Samaria after selling the jewelry at a shop in eastern Jerusalem, according to the charges. Investigators were able to recover the jewelry and return it to the victim’s family.

On Dec. 27, a Palestinian terrorist from Tulkarem in Samaria stabbed and mortally wounded an 83-year-old Israeli woman near the nursing home where she lived on Kedoshei Hashoah Street in Herzliya.

The terrorist, named as 28-year-old Ibrahim Shalhob, had a valid Israeli residency permit as he had previously worked as a Shin Bet informant.

The Shin Bet said the suspect was “involved in thwarting terror infrastructures in Judea and Samaria, was exposed and transferred for rehabilitation in Israel.”

The suspect was arrested at the scene “and will be transferred for Shin Bet interrogation to continue investigating the circumstances of the attack,” the statement added.

“I wanted to murder her”: The repairman who stabbed a 70-year-old woman in her apartment in Jerusalem - turned out to be a terrorist.
The details of the investigation indicate that the terrorist came to the woman’s home and strangled her until he believed she was dead • He returned to her home because he forgot his walking stick, noticed that she was still alive - and brutally stabbed her dozens of times • During the investigation, he claimed that he planned the attack because “what is happening in Gaza is ...”, the indictment against is expected to be filed in the coming days.
Inbar Twizer | N12 |
Published 17:15 05.01.25 .
The stabbing of the 70-year-old woman in Jerusalem turned out to be an attack: Nabil Shaabani, who was arrested last month on suspicion of murdering an elderly woman in Jerusalem, was brought today (Sunday) for a hearing on extending his detention. As the investigation progressed, it became clear that the 60-year-old East Jerusalem resident had tried to strangle and stab the woman to death on nationalistic grounds - and even admitted: “I wanted to murder her.” Hard-to-read descriptions.

According to the suspicion, the terrorist strangled the woman and only after he thought she was dead did he leave her apartment. Later, he returned to get the walking stick he had forgotten and discovered to his surprise that she was still alive. He pulled out a knife and stabbed her in all parts of her body many times. Shaabani’s detention was extended from time to time, and during his interrogation he even admitted that he wanted to murder her because “what is happening in Gaza is ....”

On the morning he tried to murder the victim, the terrorist made the decision to carry out an attack against Jews, apparently in the city center. His interrogation also revealed that the night before the attack, due to his acquaintance with the woman through his job as a cleaner in her apartment building, he had come to her house as part of a repair service. That evening, after informing her that he needed to purchase screws to fix the problem, the victim paid the terrorist 100 shekels, and he promised to come the next morning.

The next day, with the decision to carry out the attack firmly in his heart, Shaabani returned to the woman’s home. At one point, he began to strangle her until he believed she was dead. He tried to flee the scene, but then realized that he had forgotten his walking stick in her apartment - and retraced his steps.

At this point, he noticed that the woman was still alive, took a knife from one of the drawers and stabbed her repeatedly in the upper body. He then stole jewelry and property from her - and fled the scene. The terrorist left her bleeding on the floor of the house, fled to the light rail station on Jaffa Street, drove to Nablus Gate and from there boarded a bus to the territories. He threw the knife he used in Judea and Samaria.

Despite her serious injuries, the 70-year-old managed to call her daughter and inform her of her serious condition. The daughter called the police and rescue forces, who evacuated her to Shaare Zedek Hospital in critical condition, but fully conscious. At the same time, the terrorist made his way to the Judea and Samaria territories, passing through a jewelry store in East Jerusalem and selling the jewelry he stole from the victim. Due to the medical treatment, the victim’s condition improved and she was out of danger.

Initially, suspicions arose that this was not a criminal incident, and a joint investigation was opened by the Shin Bet and the central unit of the Jerusalem District. A few hours after the attack, the terrorist was arrested for questioning in cooperation with IDF forces. In the coming days, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office is expected to file an indictment against him, according to them, “at the end of the completed investigation” and due to “evidentiary evidence regarding his terrorist acts.” https://www.mako.co.il/news-law/2025_q1/Article-2b2fcb65fb63491026.htm

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