Yishai Schlissel

Yishai Schlissel was born in 1975 in Yad Binyamin

Schlissel was born on 10 December 1975 in Yad Binyamin, the eldest of 10 children. His grandparents survived the Holocaust. He is a Haredi Jew, and after marrying he studied in a kollel in Jerusalem.

He lived in Modi'in Illit and was married with 4 children. In 2005 he stabbed 3 marchers at the Jerusalem gay pride parade. He was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault and sentenced to 12 years, reduced to 10 on appeal in 2007.

He divorced his wife when his imprisonment began. He served his sentence at Maasiyahu Prison and was released in June 2015.

On 30 July 2015 he stabbed 6 marchers at the Jerusalem gay pride parade. Shira Banki, aged 16, died of her wounds on 2 August 2015. He refused to recognize the court's authority, was convicted on 19 April 2016 and sentenced to life plus 31 years.

He is serving his sentence in Ayalon Prison. In 2016 he was attacked by other inmates and was later held in a separate cell.