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A masked man points his gun at Arraba mayor Ahmad Nassar and his deputy, Anwar Yassin (left), who are dining with others at a restaurant, and then opens fire, moderately injuring Nassar (in right photo) and Yassin on March 8, 2026. (Screenshot/X; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 8, 2026, 11:33 pm
Arraba mayor and his deputy shot and injured amid unrelenting crime wave
Masked assailant ambushes Ahmad Nassar and Anwar Yassin while sitting at bakery in northern Arab city; separately, man succumbs to wounds from shooting last week in Jaffa
By Charlie Summers
Handguns, magazines and ammunition discovered at a construction site in the northern town of Arraba on November 22, 2025. (Israel Police)
November 28, 2025, 2:52 pm
Police shutter construction site in northern Israel after uncovering weapons stash
32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of possessing two pistols, magazines and ammunition; police say latest bust part of larger effort against illegal arms possession in north
By ToI Staff
Muhammad Marazqa, a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death by his classmate in Kafr Qara on October 27, 2025. (Courtesy)
October 27, 2025, 5:50 pm
17-year-old boy stabbed to death by classmate at school
Police arrest high schooler in Arab city of Kafr Qara on suspicion of killing classmate Muhammad Marzouk; 18-year-old shot dead hours earlier in lower Galilee
By Charlie Summers
Arraba Mayor Ahmad Nassar (C) speaks at an event memorializing Arab Israelis killed by police in the October 2000 riots, on October 4, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 9, 2025, 5:14 pm
Arab mayor says he only referred to Ben Gvir, not Israel, as his ‘enemy’ in speech
Addressing Interior Ministry official who threatened to pull funds to his city, Ahmad Nassar of Arraba says he was only condemning far-right police minister
By ToI Staff
Arraba Mayor Ahmad Nassar (C) speaks at an event memorializing Arab Israelis killed by police in the October 2000 riots, on October 4, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 6, 2025, 2:37 pm
Interior Ministry seeks to pull funds from Arab city after mayor called Israel ‘enemy’
Ahmad Nassar, mayor of Arraba in Galilee, spoke of ‘barbaric enemy’ at event memorializing Arabs killed by police in October 2000 riots; ministry official denounces ‘incitement’
By ToI Staff
The scene of a fatal shooting in Lod, July 23, 2025. (Israel Police)
August 1, 2025, 3:20 pm
Two people shot dead within hours in Arab cities amid unabating homicide wave
36-year-old man found lying unconscious in Kafr Qara, hours after 88-year-old woman shot and killed in Arraba
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Military garb found in the bedroom of two brothers arrested by police and Shin Bet forces on suspicion of planning to carry out terror attacks, in a photo released on February 17, 2025. (Israel Police)
February 17, 2025, 12:15 pm
Brothers from Galilee indicted for terror bomb plot, supporting Hamas
Police find military garb, binoculars in brothers’ bedroom during raid on their home in Arraba, allege they were preparing for ‘armed confrontation’
By Charlie Summers
Ziv hospital in Safed on October 18, 2020. (David Cohen/FLASH90)
January 24, 2025, 11:27 am
13-year-old with no underlying conditions dies of flu in Safed, as cases rise
Flu morbidity this year is worst since 2012, data shows, as health experts urge vaccinations; more than 2,000 patients have been hospitalized for flu so far this year
By ToI Staff
A fighter from the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an ISIS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)
October 31, 2023, 11:08 am
3 Arab Israelis suspected of planning Islamic State ‘terror activity’
Men, who have been arrested and remanded until Sunday, are residents of Sakhnin and Arraba in the north
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in central Israel, March 29, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
July 29, 2023, 7:01 pm
Woman dies in car crash near northern town; suspect surrenders after Lod hit-and-run
Two men also wounded in crash near Arraba; man hit by vehicle while riding electric scooter in Rishon Lezion, is seriously hurt
By Michael Horovitz
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
A bride is detained by police in her wedding dress in the town of Arraba in the Lower Galilee on August 28. 2022 (screenshot)
August 31, 2022, 8:24 am
Police suspect bride fled with groom to West Bank after raid on wedding
Woman believed to violate house arrest after her betrothed, suspected of illegal possession of weapons, ran away from authorities at ceremony
By ToI Staff
A bride is detained by police in her wedding dress in the town of Arraba in the Lower Galilee on August 28. 2022 (screenshot)
August 29, 2022, 5:17 am
Police arrest bride in wedding dress in northern town as wanted groom flees
Cops say the woman and others at the event are suspected of helping the suspect escape arrest
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
May 9, 2022, 12:37 am
Man found shot dead in car in northern Arab Israeli town
Police set up roadblocks in Arraba to search for shooter, say motive for incident is not clear
By ToI Staff
The scene where a school principal was shot in the northern city of Arraba, November 22, 2021 (Screen grab/Kan)
November 22, 2021, 10:47 am
School principal shot, in moderate condition in northern city of Arraba
Woman in her 40s was shot near entrance to her school; report says she was targeted as she left her car and was shot in legs
By ToI Staff
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