Abuhatzeira was murdered on 28 July 2011 by Asher Dahan of El'ad who stabbed him in the upper body during a private audience. The 42-year-old attacker was said to have been unhappy with marital advice the rabbi had given him. Attempts were made at the scene to resuscitate him, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Soroka Medical Center. The funeral was held the next day in Jerusalem and was attended by tens of thousands of people, including Israel's chief rabbis, Haredi ministers and Knesset members. Eulogies were delivered at the Porat Yosef Yeshiva and in the Geula neighborhood. MK Meshulam Nahari said who would have thought that... a rabbi could be murdered in Israel? He is buried on the Mount of Olives.