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Bedouin trackers

Mourners gather next to the grave of Ahmad al-Naami, a 50-year-old man killed by Border Police gunfire, during his funeral on May 10, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2026, 10:30 pm
Mourning IDF veteran slain by police, alienated Bedouin say community souring on state
A once positive relationship between community and cops has been replaced by deep distrust of Border Police, with younger Bedouin showing signs of deepening estrangement from Jewish state amid claims of worsening discrimination
By Charlie Summers
Ahmad Said al-Na'ami, a 50-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Border Police officer in the southern city of Rahat, on May 9, 2026. (Facebook)
May 10, 2026, 3:09 am
Border Police fatally shoot unarmed Bedouin man in Rahat, say it was in self-defense
Police claim reservist officers feared for their lives because the man, an IDF veteran, ‘forcefully’ resisted arrest; suspected officer barred from police facilities for two weeks
By Charlie Summers
Family and friends of slain hostage Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi attend his funeral at Kfar Saba Military Cemetery on October 16, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 5:24 pm
Thousands pay last respects to Staff Sgt. Tamir Nimrodi and Sgt. Maj. Muhammad el-Atrash
Funerals held after bodies of slain soldiers returned to Israel; ‘forgive me!’ entreats father Alon Nimrodi, as IDF general says Bedouin tracker ‘demonstrated courage and love’
By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)
April 21, 2025, 1:35 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 21: Day 563 – IDF: Killing of 15 Gaza medics didn’t breach code of ethics
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on what’s happening on the ground in Gaza, the Lebanese army’s first thwarting of a rocket attack on Israel, and civilian attempts to enter the Strip
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. Maj. Salman Eben Marei (Courtesy)
February 2, 2025, 9:08 pm
Sgt. Maj. Salman Eben Marei, 41: Bedouin tracker and father of 7
Killed battling the Hamas attack on the Sufa IDF outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
Eylon, right, with troops from the Gadsar 585 unit. (Guy Fattal)
July 21, 2024, 3:26 pm
An exclusive look into the faces of the IDF’s Bedouin battalion: Gadsar 585
A photographer joins a majority-Muslim IDF unit along Gaza’s southern border and shares the pain of this dedicated group of fighters and trackers as they mourn their war losses
By Guy Fattal
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