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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Abu Snan

An illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 7, 2024, 4:08 pm
Woman found dead in her home in village of Abu Snan, husband arrested
Anti-violence group says 70 members of Arab community have been killed in violent incidents this year
By ToI Staff
Officers investigate a double homicide in an olive grove near Abu Snan, September 6, 2023. (Police spokesperson)
September 6, 2023, 9:47 am
Two Arab men gunned down in Galilee, near site of August quadruple murder
Slayings of men, apparently brothers, bring murder toll in Arab community to 169, weeks after four people, including Abu Snan municipal candidate, killed nearby
By ToI Staff
Mourners attend the funeral of 66-year-old Salman Halabi in Yarka, northern Israel, August 23, 2023. (Flash90)
August 25, 2023, 12:43 pm
Two more suspects arrested in Abu Snan quadruple homicide
Third suspect was nabbed at airport trying to flee country. All four victims of the killing buried; police discover tunnels under Nazareth used by crime family
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli mourners attend the funeral of Abdel Rahman Kashua, the director-general of the Arab city of Tira who was gunned down this week, during his funeral on August 23, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 23, 2023, 6:46 pm
‘3 innocent people from my family were killed for no reason,’ says Abu Snan resident
On day of funerals of the victims of Tuesday’s brutal shooting, a community grapples with an apparently inexplicable tragedy
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
August 23, 2023, 1:08 pm
Shin Bet said to join probe into quadruple murder in Abu Snan
New investigative tools are being considered to stop the bloodshed, as Druze community strikes in protest against government’s perceived inaction
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing violent crime in Arab communities on August 6, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 23, 2023, 7:49 am
Arab local officials are under threat, criminologist warns as violence skyrockets
With municipal elections approaching, a municipality director and a mayoral candidate have been shot to death. Researcher Badi Hasisi says violence is seeping into politics
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Main image: Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. Inset: One of the shooting's four victims, Ghazi Sa’ab, a candidate for the town's mayor. (Shir Torem/Flash90; Facebook; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 22, 2023, 7:07 pm
4 killed, including mayoral candidate, amid spiraling gun violence in Arab community
Ghazi Sa’ab of Abu Snan is the second local politician to be killed in as many days; PM urges Shin Bet involvement, vows ‘to defeat this criminality’ amid record homicides
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police officers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 3, 2023, 2:03 pm
Former Premier League soccer player detained at airport over massive corruption probe
Suspect stopped by police at Ben Gurion Airport as he returned from trip abroad; 18 others already arrested in connection with suspected garbage disposal graft scheme in north
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Flash 90)
May 1, 2023, 1:46 pm
Four mayors arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from garbage disposal company
18 people arrested in all, including company owner and public officials, suspected of fixing public tender for financial gain
By ToI Staff
The scene where a man was shot dead in Hura, July 16, 2020 (Israel Police)
July 17, 2021, 10:31 am
Man shot dead in southern Bedouin town of Hura; 15-year-old boy lightly hurt
Fatality named as Saleh al-Sayyid, 25; nephew was in vehicle with him; woman shot, seriously injured in Abu Snan, police question her ex-husband
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police seen at the mixed town of Abu Snan in northern Israel, November 15, 2014. (Flash90)
October 25, 2020, 3:27 pm
Woman, 46, stabbed and seriously wounded in north; husband arrested
Nahariya hospital says victim is stable, will undergo surgery; lawmaker, women’s right’s group slam government for failure to fund national plan to fight domestic violence
By ToI Staff
Screenshot from a Ynet video of the violent brawl in Abu Snan on November 14, 1014 between members of the Galilee village's Muslim and Druze community members.
December 18, 2014, 11:15 am
Divided Muslims, Druze keep Galilee school closed
Abu Snan middle and high school pupils yet to resume studies after violent brawl in November
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Police seen at the mixed town of Abu Snan in northern Israel, November 15, 2014. (Flash90)
November 17, 2014, 9:17 pm
Police arrest four suspects over Druze-Muslim brawl
Detainees accused of taking part in violent clash in Abu Snan that left 26 hurt
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Police seen at the mixed town of Abu Snan in northern Israel, November 15, 2014. (Flash90)
November 16, 2014, 9:00 pm
Some schools to reopen in Muslim-Druze village after brawl
Special-education schools and kindergartens resume services following violent clash over the weekend
By Stuart Winer
Police at the site where a large fight broke out between local Muslim and Druze residents in the Abu Snan village in northern Israel, November 15, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
November 16, 2014, 1:22 pm
Wild, wild western Galilee
A brawl between Muslims and Druze that left over 40 injured makes headlines, as does Lapid’s talk of jumping ship
By Ilan Ben Zion
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