In December 2010, he attacked Christine Loken and Kay Wilson in the Mata forest near Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, together with his accomplice.
The two approached the women ask...
In December 2010, he attacked Christine Loken and Kay Wilson in the Mata forest near Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, together with his accomplice.
The two approached the women asking for water, attacked them with a knife, and stole their money. They tied their hands with their shoelaces, gagged them, and forced them to kneel on all fours. The two begged for their lives, but then the attackers stabbed them multiple times.
Christine was murdered on the spot. Kay Wilson was stabbed 13 times, her sternum and several ribs were broken, her lungs and diaphragm were punctured, and her shoulder was dislocated. The attackers returned a few minutes later to confirm the killing. They stabbed Wilson once more in the chest. But after a while she regained consciousness and found herself among bushes in the forest. Exhausted, she dragged herself until she reached a parking lot where a family found her and called the authorities. She was hospitalized at Hadassah Ein Kerem in critical condition, and survived.
A DNA sample from her pocketknife led to the capture of the terrorists.
He was sentenced to life in prison.
He was released on October 13, 2025, after 14 years in prison, as part of the deal to free the living hostages from the Gaza Strip.
According to the terms of the deal, he was permanently expelled from the West Bank.
list of security prisoners and detainees designated for release as part of the hostage release deal, published on October 10, 2025 by the Israeli Ministry of Justice.