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Jerusalem Court Drops Murder Charges, Sends Suspects to Probation

By Drooid · Oct 20, 2026, 11:40 PM UTC · How we work

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Jerusalem District Court ruled insufficient evidence to charge Agam Tsarafi and Shilat Huta with murder.
The court found preliminary evidence for an aiding-and-abetting murder charge.
Both men were transferred to the Probation Service for a restrictive-release assessment.
Public defenders Roi Politi and Omri Stern said Tsarafi neither planned nor wanted Benayahu Razi’s death.
Tsarafi and Huta were indicted in August alongside four minors for the stabbing of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi.

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Jerusalem District Court ruled insufficient evidence to charge Agam Tsarafi and Shilat Huta with murder.
The court found preliminary evidence for an aiding-and-abetting murder charge.
Both men were transferred to the Probation Service for a restrictive-release assessment.
Public defenders Roi Politi and Omri Stern said Tsarafi neither planned nor wanted Benayahu Razi’s death.
Tsarafi and Huta were indicted in August alongside four minors for the stabbing of 19-year-old Benayahu Razi.