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An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Man shot dead in suspected feud between families in Bedouin town of Segev Shalom
By ToI Staff
Yassin A-Shawi, 23, is 184th victim of violence in Arab community this year; shooting comes two days after Yussef Algabor slain in Rahat
The scene where a man was killed in Jaffa on August 30, 2026 (Magen David Adom)
August 30, 2026, 12:14 pm
Man killed, another seriously hurt in adjacent shootings minutes apart in Jaffa
Muhammad Katwan, 30, from Jaljulia, identified as victim of fatal shooting; other victim taken to nearby Wolfson hospital
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern Arab town of Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (FLASH90)
August 12, 2026, 10:08 am
Man shot dead in northern Arab city near Haifa
Reports say man of about 60 shot at point-blank range inside his car in Shfaram; police said to probe connection to longstanding blood feud between families in the area
By ToI Staff
Police officers outside the scene of the murder of a 19-year-old man in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem, July 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 12:01 pm
Government okays Shin Bet to fight crime in Arab society, sparking rights concerns
Some half a billion shekels to be diverted from community development plan and given to security agency, police to take on organized crime; rights groups pan move as discriminatory
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy (L) and Shin Bet chief David Zini at the state memorial ceremony marking 30 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery, in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
July 4, 2026, 6:20 pm
Shin Bet building program to help police tackle rampant Arab crime wave — reports
Project to receive NIS 1-1.3 billion in funding; as murder rates rise, new agency chief Zini reportedly more open to using Shin Bet to fight crime than his predecessor
By ToI Staff
First responders at the scene of a shooting in Haifa early in the morning of July 2, 2026. (MDA)
July 2, 2026, 10:05 am
Two more slain in Arab community, raising this week’s toll to nine
18-year-old gunned down in Haifa, two seriously hurt; hours later, 30-year-old shot dead in Reineh; watchdog figures show 149 homicides in Arab community since start of year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
June 8, 2026, 11:37 am
2 Umm al-Fahm men shot and killed in apparently separate incidents in northern Arab towns
Ibrahim Agbaria killed in his own bakery in Kafr Qara during sirens warning of Iranian missle fire, 4 years after brother was shot dead; Wissam Jabareen killed in Musheirifia
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police investigate the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
May 18, 2026, 11:12 am
Mayor of Arab town in north shot and seriously hurt, alongside his deputy
Suheil Milhim, council head of Jadeidi-Makr, in serious condition, deputy moderately injured; local resident arrested as suspect; Herzog: ‘Serious and shocking’ event
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 10:51 am
Man shot dead in Shfaram in 100th violent killing of 2026 in Arab community
Victim named as Hadi Su’ad, 28; report says his father and brother were killed in past year, in apparent gangland feud between families that has claimed the lives of 35 people
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 6, 2026, 2:00 pm
Man from Bedouin town Segev Shalom stabbed to death in nearby Ofakim; 5 arrested
Marei al-Dabari, 36, killed in suspected clash between families; 83 Arab Israelis killed so far in 2026, 30% more than over same period in 2025
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Ibrahim Abu Zayid al-Turi, 54, was shot and killed in the southern city of Rahat on March 29, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 29, 2026, 2:02 pm
Two Arab men killed in separate incidents as police fail to rein in soaring crime
Killings of Ibrahim Abu Zayid in Rahat and Taj Nofi in Yafia bring homicide toll among Arab Israelis this year to 77
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Officers block a road during a police raid in Ramle, October 1, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 17, 2026, 12:54 am
Two Arab men killed in separate shootings, following earlier homicide
Motorcyclist shot dead in Ramle identified as Marwan Abu Ghanem, 21; another man later shot in Musheirifa, in 70th homicide in Arab community this year, according to watchdog
By ToI Staff
Khaled Odeh, the victim of a lethal shooting in Reineh, an Arab town north of Nazareth, on February 26, 2026. (Facebook)
February 26, 2026, 12:51 pm
Man shot and killed in Galilee in latest homicide to hit Arab community
Khaled Odeh, 60, reportedly gunned down in his home in Reineh; son said to be suspect in another deadly shooting tied to organized crime; 2026 toll for Arab community climbs to 58
By Charlie Summers
Israel Police Chief Commissioner Daniel Levy at the site of a triple homicide in Suweid Hamira, February 5, 2026. (Israel Police)
February 5, 2026, 3:02 pm
3 slain in north as violent crime continues to surge in Arab community
Victims reportedly all from the same family, with father and son gunned down on doorstep; Herzog decries deadly violence as ‘national emergency’
By ToI Staff
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
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
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