{"id":110690,"date":"2025-09-24T01:35:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=110690"},"modified":"2025-09-24T01:10:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:10:35","slug":"holiday-murder-shock-in-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/holiday-murder-shock-in-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday murder &#8211; shock in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"501\">The days of the Jewish New Year in Jerusalem, meant to symbolize renewal and family peace, were overshadowed by a disturbing event in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood. A woman was found lifeless in her apartment, and from the first moments investigators realized it was a serious criminal case. An elderly man in his eighties was arrested on suspicion of involvement, leaving residents of the neighborhood struggling to grasp the magnitude of the shock.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"501\">\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d7\u05e9\u05d3 \u05dc\u05e8\u05e6\u05d7 \u05d1\u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05e0\u05d7\u05dd, \u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd,  \u05d4\u05d6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 - \u05e8\u05d0\u05e9 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d4 2025 (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqTyikglQ0c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"786\">Moriah police station and the crime scene<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"1276\">Officers from Jerusalem\u2019s Moriah police station rushed to the apartment during the holiday, sealing off the area and gathering evidence with the help of forensic investigators. Medical teams who arrived at the scene were forced to declare the woman dead. From the earliest findings, police stressed it was clearly a murder case. The tragedy once again highlights the persistent problem of domestic violence, which too often erupts even on days intended to bring families closer together.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1327\">Zion district and the ongoing investigation<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1992\">Commander of the Zion District, Brigadier General Shlomi Becher, arrived at the scene and held an assessment with senior officers. Following his directive, the investigation was handed over to the Zion investigative unit, which will interrogate the elderly suspect and attempt to piece together the circumstances. Police emphasized that while the case is still in its early stages, its severity raises troubling questions not only about the suspect\u2019s motives but also about the safety of women inside their homes. Against the backdrop of the Jewish New Year, a time meant to highlight warmth and family bonds, the case casts a heavy shadow over the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1412\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/holiday-meal-on-jerusalem-street-the-last-who-still-care\/\">Holiday meal on Jerusalem street \u2013 the last who still care<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Jerusalem\u2019s Kiryat Menachem, a shocking murder suspicion during the Jewish New Year: an elderly man arrested, hard questions remain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":110683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Holiday murder - shock in Jerusalem","_seopress_titles_desc":"In Jerusalem\u2019s Kiryat Menachem, a shocking murder suspicion during the Jewish New Year: an elderly man arrested, hard questions remain","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10327,9319,10345,9314],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-110690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking","8":"category-jerusalem-updates","9":"category-law-crime","10":"category-main-item"},"acf":{"subtitle":"In Jerusalem\u2019s Kiryat Menachem, a shocking murder suspicion during the Jewish New Year: an elderly man arrested, hard questions remain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}