Arab Stabs Chabad Shaliach While Shouting “Allahu Akbar”

HaRav Shneur Yitzchakov, a Chabad shaliach in Ra’anana, was stabbed on Sunday by a 17-year-old Arab.

Rav Yizchakov told Radio 103FM that he had just finished counseling a couple at their home and was waiting to cross the street at the crosswalk. Standing near him at the crosswalk was an Arab who stared at him with hate-filled and murderous eyes and suddenly yelled out “Alluhau Akbar” and pulled out a knife.

“I jumped on him first and attacked him and we exchanged blows,” Rav Yitzchakov said. “It happened on the crosswalk itself. There was no one else there. I managed to overpower him. He kept trying to stab my upper body and I didn’t let him. I gave him kicks and punches and then I sat on him. The person whose home I just came from heard the screams and ran out to the street and kicked him on the back of his head. The knife fell and I let go for a minute to grab it and at that moment he ran away and began to flee. I took the knife and started to chase after him.”