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Brazilian activist Thiago Avila is escorted into the Ashkelon Magistrate's Court on May 5, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 5, 2026, 4:18 pm
Court remands 2 flotilla activists until Sunday; lawyer claims one was on fishing trip
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek and Brazilian Thiago Avila have second hearing at Ashkelon Magistrate’s court; legal representative for Avila claims he never planned to break Gaza blockade
By AFP and ToI Staff
Spanish pro-Palestinian activist Saif Abu Keshek arrives at a court in Ashkelon on May 3, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
May 3, 2026, 5:12 pm
Court extends detention of 2 Gaza flotilla activists accused of Hamas links
Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek, Brazilian Thiago Avila accused of ‘assisting the enemy during wartime’ and membership in terror group; Spain calls for release of its citizen
By AFP and ToI Staff
Haredi extremists protesting the arrest of a draft evader break into the backyard of the house of Military Police chief Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin in Ashkelon, April 28, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 29, 2026, 6:15 pm
Rioters who broke into IDF police chief’s home charged with assault, trespassing
Charges also include property damage and unlawful assembly; Ashkelon court extends detention of 10 suspects who held anti-conscription protest in yard of top officer
By Sam Sokol
Police arrest a Haifa resident for allegedly working for an Iranian agent, in an image published on April 9, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 9, 2026, 3:20 pm
Haifa man suspected of making explosives to ‘harm’ ex-PM Bennett on Iranian orders
22-year-old allegedly created and tested explosives, and recruited three others, in exchange for money
By Charlie Summers
Bezalel Zini. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 3, 2026, 11:10 pm
Shin Bet chief’s brother named as suspect in Gaza smuggling case
Court permits revealing identity of Bezalel Zini, who allegedly helped traffic cigarettes into Strip; family insists accusations fabricated to bring down security agency chief David Zini
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
A massive oil leak caused by the rupture of a Europe Asia Pipeline Company line in the Evrona nature reserve in 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 16, 2025, 10:14 am
In plea deal, oil company to pay just $400,000 for Israel’s worst-ever spill
Court upholds convictions for Europe Asia Pipeline Company and senior employee over burst pipe that caused enduring damage to southern Israel’s Evrona Nature Reserve in 2014
By Sue Surkes
Undated photo of Ilana Swissa, director of a daycare center for infants who is suspected of violently abusing children in her care. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 19, 2023, 7:18 pm
Sderot daycare manager suspected of violently attacking infants in her care
Ilana Swissa, 54, named as suspect after she was arrested last month; police reportedly have video showing over 200 incidents of abuse at center in southern city
By ToI Staff
This combination photo shows Benny Shlomo (top left) and the scene where Benny Shlomo and another man were shot in a suspected assassination in Azor, October 3, 2022. (Channel 13 screengrab, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)/(Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 14, 2022, 4:28 pm
Court releases prime suspects in hit on Israeli crime boss Benny Shlomo
Police to appeal the decision; move comes after two other suspects believed to have been involved in the murder were released last week
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly crash near Kiryat Malachi on May 3, 2022. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2022, 5:53 pm
Truck driver in deadly wreck suspected of negligent homicide, recklessness — police
Court orders East Jerusalem man held in custody until Sunday over crash that killed parents of 21 kids combined; investigators still probing why truck overturned
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
December 7, 2021, 11:51 am
2 men shot, seriously hurt in central city of Lod
In separate incident, man, reportedly known to police as figure in criminal underworld, opens fire during alleged road rage incident on Route 6; no injuries
By ToI Staff
Michael Transky (R) appears at the Ashkelon Magistrate's Court on September 20, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
September 20, 2021, 10:48 pm
Head of ‘Russian mafia’ in Israel arrested thanks to criminal-turned informant
Police say Michael Tansky, who was nabbed along with 16 others, sought to take control of southern towns of Ashdod, Ashkelon through violent extortion of business owners, residents
By ToI Staff
Eilat's Red Sea Hotel, where an alleged gang rape took place in mid-August 2020. (Channel 12 screenshot)
August 31, 2020, 10:46 pm
Four face rape charges in alleged Eilat gang rape of 16-year-old – report
Five others to be charged as accessories; police cyber unit believes it tracked down and confiscated all cellphones with copies of assault videos shared by suspects
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool/AFP)
July 7, 2020, 3:17 pm
Beersheba man charged for social media post threatening Netanyahu
Asher Ben Dor tweeted question as to whether anyone knew of plans to assassinate PM; suspect said to tell arresting officers he is now a ‘political prisoner’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An ambulance outside the Soroka hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, December 23, 2013. (Flash90)
October 22, 2019, 12:44 pm
Palestinian suspected of injuring Israeli baby in his care
Baby hospitalized in critical condition with head injury; 11-month-old’s mother, said to be the Palestinian’s girlfriend, suspected of abuse, neglect
By ToI Staff
Israeli police at the Miami Hotel where an infant drowned in a bathtub, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on April 2, 2018. (Flash90)
April 12, 2018, 3:11 pm
Mother of drowned infant deemed mentally unfit to stand trial
Psychiatrist determines woman wasn’t responsible for her actions when her month-old baby died in a hotel hot tub
By ToI Staff
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