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Sunday, March 8, 2026
14 arrested, including minors, over string of wartime break-ins, burglaries — police
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Police say they arrested 14 suspects, including several minors, linked to a string of unrelated break-ins and burglaries in central Israel in recent days, as Iran continues to launch missiles at the region.
Those arrested include a 16-year-old from Afula, suspected of stealing a car in Herzliya. He was driving the stolen vehicle east on Route 5 when apprehended, police say.
A pair of 17-year-old boys from Holon were caught red-handed the next day, police add, trying to steal an expensive motorcycle in the city.
A Palestinian man and boy from the West Bank were arrested on the road while driving a car, also thought to have been stolen from Holon.
Alongside carjackings, several businesses in central Tel Aviv were broken into.
Police nabbed a 44-year-old West Bank Palestinian on suspicion of robbing a bank under renovation in the area, and later arrested two men from Jaffa thought to have stolen a large amount of cash from a hospitality business.
The latter two were arrested near the scene of the break-in.
Another man from Jaffa, 57 years old, was arrested for allegedly breaking into a building on Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street and making off with property from the site, including work tools.
The Times of Israel Community.