Nur al-Din Abu Khashiyeh was indicted on charges of entering Israel illegally on 9 November , the day before the attack , and of having intended to kill Shiloni , take his gun , and use the weapon to kill more Jews . Some days after the attack , the suspect walked with police investigators along the route he took on the day of the attack , showing them where he purchased a knife in a flea market , and the route to the site of the murder . The attack was referenced in news reports as part of a series of attacks on Israelis , that , following years of relative calm , included the murder of Shelly Dadon in May , the June kidnapping and murder of 3 teenage boys , a vehicular attack in August , another vehicle attack in October and a third in November , the attempted assassination of an Israeli political activist , a combined ramming/stabbing attack that took place on the same day as Shilonis ' murder , and a massacre in a synagogue November 18 in Jerusalem
vehicular attack
2014 Jerusalem tractor attack
Killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni