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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Arab Sector

A view of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva (CC-BY Avishai Teicher/Wikipedia)
November 10, 2024, 12:12 pm
Woman, 31, shot to death in Bedouin town in south
12 suspects, including victim’s brother and husband, arrested; report says police believe killing linked to family dispute; death comes as Arab community strikes over rising crime
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly explosion, believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between crime families, in the central Israel city of Ramle, September 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 11:25 am
NGO head says Israeli racism and neglect responsible for Arab sector’s high murder rate
With 2024 on path to become the deadliest year on record for Arab Israelis, Abraham Initiatives co-director Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu points to National Security Minister Ben Gvir
By Deborah Danan
Israeli Bedouin women working at a Bezeq customer service center, located in a mosque, in the southern Arab town of Hura, July 27, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 7:16 pm
Income from employment in Arab Israeli society grows faster than other sectors – study
As the government cuts funding for the integration of Arab Israelis, a study finds signs that the contribution of Arab society to economic growth has grown over the past decade
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
December 17, 2023, 9:07 am
Man shot dead in northern town of Ar’ara, in third killing within hours
235 people have been killed in incidents of violent crime across Israel’s Arab communities in 2023, up from 108 people in 2022
By ToI Staff
Police and medical personnel at the entrance to Hura on June 17, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
June 17, 2023, 7:26 pm
12-year-old girl dies in Negev; tire tracks found on her chest
Girl’s family claims she died of heat stroke after being left in car, but police open investigation after finding evidence she was run over
By ToI Staff
Undated photos of Firas Heib and his son Fares, who were shot dead in an apparent underworld killing in Nazareth, December 20, 2022. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 21, 2022, 3:15 pm
‘Anger and frustration’: Family, locals blame police for Nazareth double homicide
Former northern police chief says incident could have been prevented if the force had invested more resources in the Arab city
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators hold signs with images of women who have been killed as they protest against violence against women, in Tel Aviv on June 25, 2022 (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)
November 21, 2022, 11:20 am
Domestic violence on the rise, but among Arab Israelis murder indictment rate is low
Welfare Ministry received 5,712 complaints of domestic violence since beginning of year, a 3.6% increase; ministry touts ‘innovative tools’ to address the trend
By ToI Staff
Police search the home of one of six suspects arrest on suspicion of involvement in the killing of Arab Israeli journalist Nidal Agbaria, October 26, 2022. (Israel Police)
October 26, 2022, 6:22 pm
Police arrest six more suspects in killing of Arab Israeli journalist
Nidal Agbaria was shot dead in the northern city of Umm al-Fahm in September while returning home from a mosque
By ToI Staff
A police investigator examines a gun found at the home of one of four suspects arrested on suspicion of connection to the murder of Arab Israeli journalist Nidal Agbaria in Umm al-Fahm in September, October 19, 2022. (Israel Police)
October 19, 2022, 11:21 am
Police arrest four Umm al-Fahm residents in probe of journalist’s murder
Arab Israeli journalist Nidal Agbaria was shot dead in the northern Arab city in September while returning home from a mosque
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at the scene of a suspected murder in Ramle, August 27, 2022. (MDA)
October 14, 2022, 11:12 pm
Man shot dead in Arraba, teenager injured by stray bullet in Jisr az-Zarqa
According to the Abraham Initiatives, which tracks violence in the Arab community, 89 Arabs have been killed in crime-related incidents in Israel since the beginning of the year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car and ambulance in Petah Tikva, August 4, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 12:52 pm
Two men suspected of extorting and kidnapping man, suspending him from a tree
Investigation finds victim borrowed NIS 80,000 from the suspects, who demanded he return five times that amount; suspects to be indicted in coming days
By ToI Staff
Police cars seen at the scene of a stabbing incident in northern Israel that saw a patrol police officer moderately injured, September 7, 2022. (Israel Police)
September 8, 2022, 1:17 am
Cop moderately injured while responding to domestic violence call in northern town
Officer stabbed in his abdomen while trying to subdue suspect who had barricaded himself at home, fearing his family would send him to a psychiatric hospital against his will
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom (MDA) ambulance at the scene of a suspected murder in Ramle, August 27, 2022. (MDA)
August 28, 2022, 6:04 am
40-year-old man fatally shot in Ramle; police detain 5 relatives for questioning
Killing comes day after man in his 50s was killed in broad daylight in Lod, as violent crime continues to grip Arab communities
By ToI Staff
Parameics at the scene of a shooting in Lod in central Israel, Agusut 26, 2022. (United Hatzalah)
August 26, 2022, 3:12 pm
52-year-old man shot to death in broad daylight in Lod
Killing comes hours after another man wounded in shooting in lower Galilee, as violent crime continues to plague Arab communities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a fatal shooting in the Bedouin city of Rahat, July 21, 2022. (Israel Police)
August 19, 2022, 10:31 am
10-year-old boy among 4 injured in separate shootings in northern Israel
Boy hit in shoulder by stray bullet while sitting at home, hospitalized in moderate condition; 69 Arab Israelis have been killed in crime-related incidents in 2022
By ToI Staff
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