An undated photo of Yael Ben Avraham, 68, who was stabbed to death by her husband at their Herzliya apartment on November 1, 2022, a day before their divorce was set to be finalized. (Courtesy)
The Tel Aviv District court sentences a man to life imprisonment for the 2022 murder of his wife a day before the two were set to divorce.
Ya’akov Ben Avraham, 70, stabbed his wife Yael, 68, some 50 times at their Herzliya home.
The court also orders him to pay NIS 258,000 (approximately $69,000) to their two daughters, the maximum amount of compensation allowed.
The day before she was killed, Yael told Ya’akov she would not sign an agreement they had previously reached for dividing the property, at which point Ya’akov decided to kill her, according to the indictment.
Ya’akov Ben Avraham, accused of murdering his wife a few weeks ago in Herzliya, seen on a screen via a video link during a court hearing at the Tel Aviv District Court, on November 30, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Yael was resting on the living room couch when Ya’akov grabbed a knife and stabbed her multiple times. As she defended herself, the knife he was using broke, the indictment said.
As Yael was trying to escape the apartment, Ya’akov grabbed a second knife and continued to stab her.
He stabbed her more than 50 times, according to the indictment, until she collapsed at the entrance to the apartment.
A neighbor who witnessed the incident through an apartment window tried to convince Ya’akov to stop, but his efforts proved futile.
The indictment noted that Ya’akov had tried to conceal evidence by washing the knives used in the stabbing.
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