Overview
- Two young cousins were stabbed while playing in a backyard pool, leaving seven-year-old Hillel Mordechai Dadon dead and his four-year-old cousin seriously wounded.
- Authorities have named 26-year-old Liel Ifergan as the primary suspect and say he was arrested shortly after the attack near the family’s home.
- Investigators say Ifergan visited the residence earlier the same day, briefly spoke with the homeowner, left and later returned before the stabbings.
- Police and forensic teams are collecting evidence and reconstructing the sequence of events while a court extended the suspect’s detention at police request until August 25.
- Officials lifted an earlier gag order this week, enabling publication of the suspect’s identity, and local emergency and welfare services continue to treat the wounded child and support the grieving family and community.