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View of the Nazareth District Court in northern Israel, March 25, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 15, 2026, 1:06 pm
Nazareth woman charged with spying for Iran
Shomua Abu Abed allegedly surveilled Haifa refinery, IDF bases and a former official in exchange for hundreds of dollars, despite suspecting contact was Iranian agent
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police work a crime scene in northern Israel on September 4, 2022. (Flash90)
March 15, 2026, 2:23 am
Man shot dead in Nazareth, latest victim of crime wave wracking Arab community
Unnamed victim aged about 30 declared dead at the scene, medics say; 25-year-old killed Friday identified as Ibrahim Mahameed, said shot in front of pregnant wife and small daughter
By ToI Staff
File: Then-Nazareth mayor Ali Salam seen after a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (not pictured) outside the Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem, May 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 26, 2026, 5:16 pm
Former Nazareth mayor charged with funneling millions from city to crime family
12 defendants allegedly part of decade-long scheme transferring some $20 million in public funds to Bakri syndicate, linked to Arab community violence
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting in which one man was killed, in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
February 15, 2026, 1:13 am
Two men shot and killed hours apart amid scourge of violent crime in Arab community
18-year-old killed in Nazareth, while man killed and another wounded in Negev highway shooting, bringing number of victims this year to 47 in just 45 days
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Mosab Abu Johar, who was shot dead on January 29, 2026, in Nazareth. (Courtesy)
January 29, 2026, 6:33 pm
Man shot in Nazareth succumbs to wounds in Arab community’s 25th homicide of 2026
34-year-old said to stop at bakery en route to work, but car sprayed with bullets before he could get out; incident comes ahead of Tel Aviv rally demanding state rein in violence
By Charlie Summers
Wearing traditional costumes, children take part in the 40th annual Christmas parade heading toward the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, December 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 25, 2026, 6:34 am
Once a bustling pilgrimage site, today’s decaying Nazareth is a city in crisis
Residents of Jesus’ hometown, now an Arab Israeli political epicenter, say a brief resurgence from Christmas tourism isn’t a meaningful fix to fiscal crisis and rising crime
By Eliyahu Freedman
Residents of Nazareth in northern Israel protest over surging homicide rate among Arab minority after a man was killed in the city on January 24, 2026. (Courtesy/Hadash)
January 24, 2026, 9:02 pm
Man shot dead in Nazareth as Arab protests mount over surging gang violence
Nazareth locals demonstrate following latest homicide, demand police get guns off streets; cops arrest ex-mayor of Kafr Yasif during clashes with protesters in northern Arab town
By Charlie Summers
15-year-old Azmi Gharib, shot and killed in Nazareth on January 10, 2026 (Social media/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 11, 2026, 10:31 am
15-year-old boy shot, killed in Nazareth after phone call telling him to leave house
Azmi Gharib is 2nd teen killed by gunfire in city within days, but no arrests; separately, man dies after apparently being pushed from Haifa building, injured woman arrested
By ToI Staff
Adham (left) and Nadim Nasser, the father and son who were shot and killed in Nazareth on January 5, 2026. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 6, 2026, 12:19 am
3 shot dead within hours in Arab gangland violence amid bloody start to 2026
Father and son bystanders gunned down in Nazareth hit reportedly gone awry; barber slain in Kafr Qara; Herzog decries ‘national scourge’ as death toll reaches 7 within first week of new year
By Charlie Summers
General view of the Israel Police Lahav 433 major crimes unit headquarters in the city of Lod on April 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 3, 2026, 9:03 pm
Breakthrough reported in 30-year-old murder case; court issues sweeping gag order
Nazareth Magistrate’s Court order, valid until January 25, forbids publication of any details of case, or any details that could identify those involved
By ToI Staff
Paramedics arrive at the scene of a shooting that killed two men in Nazareth on December 20, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
December 21, 2025, 1:01 am
Father and son murdered in Nazareth amid surging Arab community violence
Police hunt suspects as separate central Israel shooting leaves man moderately wounded; watchdog says record 247 Arabs killed in violent crimes so far this year
By Charlie Summers
A Liturgical Festival concert in Nazareth organized by the city's Polyphony conservatory in December 2022 (Courtesy)
December 18, 2025, 3:44 am
Nazareth’s classical Christmas concerts return home
Polyphony’s Liturgical Festival brings together musical performances by Arabs and Jews
By Jessica Steinberg
Commander of the Lahav 433 Unit Manny Binyamin seen leaving the Department of Police Internal Investigations, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 4:22 pm
Senior cop under probe suspected of colluding with Nazareth ex-mayor, detectives say
Investigators suspect Manny Binyamin meddled with probe of Bakri crime family’s takeover of Nazareth city hall; lawyer says Lahav 433 chief’s link to politician ‘transparent and known’
By Charlie Summers
Mohammed Abd Tarabieh, 28, left, was murdered in Sakhnin on April 12, 2025; Elias Matran, 31, right, was murdered in Nazareth on April 13, 2025. (Courtesy: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 13, 2025, 10:21 am
Two Arab men shot dead in separate incidents amid slew of murders over recent days
Victims named as Mohammed Abd Tarabieh, 28, and father of two Elias Matran, 31; killings bring homicides recorded in community since start of 2025 to 75
By ToI Staff
View of Nazareth, in northern Israel, March 25, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 19, 2024, 8:19 pm
Nazareth resident, 19, charged with spying for Hezbollah during war
Mohammad Sa’adi allegedly gave information about rocket impacts, troop locations and plane movements to Lebanese terror group and allied TV station; also asked to join as a fighter
By ToI Staff
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