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Ayalon Prison

View of the Ayalon prison in central Israeli town of Ramle. August 25, 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90
September 1, 2024, 11:58 am
Man who burned his young children to death in 1999 dies in prison
Erez Tivoni murdered Idan, 4, and Avital, 2, during a supervised visit with a welfare officer; had also planned to kill his ex-wife and flee to US
By ToI Staff
Fatah terror chief Marwan Barghouti, serving five life terms for murder during the Second Intifada, appears in a Jerusalem court, January 25, 2012. (Flash90)
January 3, 2024, 4:19 pm
Jailed terror convict Marwan Barghouti petitions against poor prison conditions
Serving multiple life terms for murder, potential successor to Mahmoud Abbas seeks transfer from new facility, where he says he was moved after ostensibly urging PA to fight Israel
By Michael Horovitz
Daniel Ambash, a cult leader who in 2013 was convicted of raping and abusing his wives and children. (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 10, 2022, 12:25 pm
Leader of polygamous Jerusalem cult found dead in prison cell
Prisons service to examine death of Daniel Ambash, who was serving 26 years for what has been described as one of the most shocking abuse cases in Israel’s history
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Eliezer Berland arrives for a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on February 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2021, 12:34 pm
Granted early release, Berland leaves prison after a month and a half
Cult leader served sentence for swindling sick and elderly followers out of millions of shekels; while he was in prison he was accused of involvement in 2 decades-old murder cases
By ToI Staff
A car in flames outside the Elad home of an Israel Prisons Service intelligence officer believed targeted by criminal organizations, November 2018. (Israel Prisons Service)
December 13, 2018, 9:00 am
Bomb goes off outside prison officer’s home amid intimidation campaign
Explosion seen as the latest incident in a spate of attacks by criminal organizations against prison officials
By ToI Staff
View of the Ayalon prison in central Israeli town of Ramle. August 25, 2014. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90
November 24, 2018, 8:04 pm
2 suspects arrested after fleeing to Romania in wake of prison drive-by shooting
Further suspect nabbed in Israel on suspicion of involvement in attack, said to be in response to prison officials’ refusal to allow gang leader leave to attend a funeral
By ToI Staff
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
November 23, 2018, 8:12 am
Suspects arrested as shots fired at prison for second time this week
2 men apprehended amid suspected intimidation campaign against prison officers involved in crackdown on mobsters
By ToI Staff
The Ayalon Prison complex in Ramle, central Israel. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
November 23, 2018, 2:34 am
Shots fired at central Israeli prison in fourth attack on jailers since August
Guard tower hit at Ayalon Prison in latest drive-by-shooting, amid suspected intimidation campaign against prison officers involved in crackdown on mobsters
By ToI Staff
An American-Israeli Jewish teenager, accused of making a slew of antisemitic bomb threats in the US and elsewhere, is escorted by police as he leaves a courtroom in Rishon Lezion, on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Jack Guez)
September 3, 2018, 6:38 am
JCC hoax bomber’s mental state clouds relationship between crime and punishment
20-year-old’s tough treatment at hands of guards appears to be based on his rap sheet, but raises questions about whether his autism is being taken into account
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative photo of a prisoner in leg cuffs (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 11, 2016, 2:35 pm
2 Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel said to end hunger strikes
Jawad Jawarish, 40, and Maher Ibayyat, 38, reportedly moved out of solitary confinement following deal with authorities
By ToI Staff
Gay pride stabber Yishai Schlissel is led out of the courtroom, at the Jerusalem District Court on June 26, 2016, after being sentenced to life in prison and an additional 31 years (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 17, 2016, 6:51 pm
Gay Pride killer beaten up in prison in argument over his crime
Two jailed mobsters assault Yishai Schlissel when dispute about his murder of teenage girl turns violent
By ToI Staff
Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six people at the annual Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade on July 30, 2015, is seen in the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on July 31, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2016, 1:05 am
Pride parade killer hospitalized after provoking prison fight
Yishai Schlissel beaten up for tearing up photos of a fellow inmate’s daughters because they were ‘dressed immodestly’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A handcuffed Yitzhak Abergil is led off a plane from the US by police and prison service officials (Israel Prison Service)
January 30, 2014, 6:33 pm
Kingpin Yitzhak Abergil returns to Israel from US jail
Convicted crime lord to spend another 3 years in Israeli prison as part of 2012 plea bargain with US prosecutors
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An Israeli tank overlooks the Gaza Strip. (Courtesy: Yad L'shiryon)
August 14, 2013, 5:56 am
IDF launches airstrike after Gaza rockets target Israel
Air force hits concealed rocket launchers hours after projectiles from the Strip fired into Israel
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, waves with the released Palestinian prisoners at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 14 , 2013. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
August 14, 2013, 1:56 am
Celebrations in Gaza, West Bank for freed Palestinian prisoners
In Ramallah, Abbas greets ex-inmates, released under deal to resume peace talks, and vows to liberate all prisoners from Israeli jails; US-brokered negotiations resume Wednesday
By Asher Zeiger and Michal Shmulovich
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