Holocaust survivor, 83, is ‘stabbed to death’ outside her nursing home in Israel by ‘Palestinian terrorist who was former West Bank informant before his cover was blown’
An 83-year-old Holocaust survivor was ‘stabbed to death’ outside her nursing home in Israel today.
Ludmila Lipovsky was attacked Friday morning as she waited for her daughter to pick her up to take her to a medical appointment in the city of Herzliya, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv.
Her attacker was reportedly former Shin Bet informant and Palestinian terrorist Ibrahim Shalhoub, from the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
Ms. Lipovsky was treated by Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom before being rushed to hospital, where she was sadly pronounced dead.
Shalhoub has previously been detained three times, most recently from June 2023 to June 2024. Jewish Chronicle reported.
The attack on De Shalit Square took place on the second day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky, 83, was stabbed outside her nursing home in Israel on Friday morning
Emergency services were on the scene earlier today in Herzliya, on the outskirts of Tel Aviv
An unnamed staff member at Ms. Lipovsky’s nursing home told the newspaper Times of Israel that she heard “screams” as the elderly lady was stabbed “five or six times.”
She said, “She [Ms Lipovsky] went outside and waited for her daughter to take her to the doctor and the terrorist started stabbing her five or six times.
‘She has been living here in the nursing home for years. I heard screaming, went outside and saw her on the ground.’
Israeli police said in a statement: ‘Emergency police received a call of a stabbing terror attack in a shopping center in Herzliya.
‘A 28-year-old terrorist from Judea and Samaria arrived here armed with a knife and started stabbing people.
“According to medical sources, one of those victims was a woman who was out here enjoying her morning, getting ready for the holiday, getting ready for Shabbat, when this suspect started stabbing her.”
Police confirmed the suspect was shot before being arrested, and a large police presence remained at the scene.
Ms Lipovsky (pictured) screamed as she was stabbed ‘five or six times’, a worker at her nursing home said
Israeli police monitor the scene of the stabbing, which was reportedly carried out by a former Shin Bet informant turned Palestinian terrorist
In a statement about X, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said: ‘Heartbreaking news. This morning, Ludmila Lipovsky (83) was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Herzliya. Our hearts are with her family. May her memory be a blessing.”
Yaki Lopez, a diplomat at the ministry, said Ms. Lipovsky was “brutally slaughtered” as she walked on the street.
He said: ‘She was someone’s mother, grandmother, friend. A life stolen in a despicable act of hatred. Israel mourns its loss and stands united against terror. Such evil will never break us.”
MailOnline has contacted Israel’s Shin Bet security service for comment.