Defendant in Benyahu Razi Murder Hospitalized for Medical Evaluation

Linor Sasson, one of the defendants in the murder of the late Benyahu Razi, was examined on Tuesday by a Israel Prison Service (IPS) doctor who referred her for further medical evaluation.

According to an IPS statement, Sasson was transported in an IPS vehicle to Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), where doctors decided to hospitalize her for medical reasons unrelated to her detention, citing patient privacy. She will be returned to the custody of the Israel Police.

Sasson is a primary defendant in the August 2026 murder of 19-year-old Benyahu Razi from Jerusalem. Razi, a resident of Givat Ze'ev, was stabbed to death in an Airbnb apartment in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem.

According to the investigation, Razi, his friend Matanya (who was also injured), and two young women—Agam Tzarfati and Shilat Chuta—were at the apartment. Following a dispute, the two women left, allegedly made violent claims against Razi, and went to Linor Sasson's home to inform her and four minors, including Sasson's son Avior, about the incident.

Prosecutors suspect that Sasson organized and coordinated between the parties, bringing Tzarfati together with the group of youths, summoning them to her home, and inciting them by falsely claiming that Razi and Matanya had taken their phones. The minors armed themselves with knives, clubs, and a razor blade, went to the apartment, and brutally attacked Razi and his friend.

During the attack, a video call was reportedly transmitted from the apartment to Sasson and Tzarfati, who were waiting outside in a car. Following the murder, Sasson allegedly helped her son and the other suspects flee and hide.

The State Attorney's Office has indicted Agam Tzarfati, Shilat Chuta, and the four minors for premeditated murder, while Linor Sasson was charged with lesser offenses of accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice.