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4 Arab Israelis arrested, indicted over plot for mass terror attack at Beersheba bus station
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
Suspects said to have decided to use guns because knives would be insufficient; also planned shooting attack at Segev Shalom police station; group leader published pro-terror content
A burning car that had two people inside and that was discovered on Route 40, June 1, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
June 1, 2026, 9:49 pm
Two killed by explosive device in car on road near Beersheba
Vehicle veers off Route 40; passengers declared dead at scene; police say fire caused by bomb, incident tied to organized crime; man stabbed to death in Ashkelon
By Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 5:57 pm
Footage seems to contradict claim Arab prosecutor resisted arrest before cops beat him
Body cam footage leaked to Haaretz appears to show police officers pouncing on lawyer within seconds of entering Beersheba apartment
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 3:44 am
Police said to beat, break nose, arrest a state prosecutor, who is Arab, over noise complaint
Police say that State Attorney’s Office lawyer attacked officers, but he and coworkers reject the claim; Department of Internal Police Investigations opens probe
By Charlie Summers
Screen capture from video of a car from which airsoft shots were allegedly fired at anti-government protesters in Beersheba, May 2, 2026. (X/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2026, 12:47 pm
Two arrested for allegedly shooting at anti-government protesters with airsoft gun
Suspects said to have fired from car as they circled Beersheba rally, hitting participants but causing no injuries; in Tel Aviv, protesters demand Oct. 7 state commission of inquiry
By Charlie Summers and Noam Lehmann
Uriah Dar, on his way home to Petah Tikva after a solo hike in northern Israel, April 15, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 3, 2026, 6:00 am
Riding the rails through a fractured land, young people reflect on real life, today
Along a journey from Nahariya on the Lebanese border to the southern city of Beersheba, six interviewees discuss 30 months of war, society, Israeli media and their hopes for the future
By Sue Surkes
Firefighters work to extinguish a blaze caused by an Iranian missile at the Neot Hovav industrial zone, near Beersheba, March 26, 2026. (Fire and Rescue Service)
March 29, 2026, 10:42 pm
Iranian missile attack sparks blaze in chemical plant, fears of hazardous leak
No injuries in strike on Neot Hovav industrial zone; Environmental Protection Ministry later gives all clear after locals told to stay away; another missile hits Beersheba, lightly injuring 11
By Emanuel Fabian, Sue Surkes and Agencies
Officers from the IDF Home Front Command search through the rubble of a damaged apartment building after an Iranian missile strike, in Tel Aviv, early March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 18, 2026, 11:38 am
3,500 people evacuated, 10,946 damage claims filed since start of latest Iran war
State comptroller report shows most evacuations from Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Beit Shemesh and Beersheba, with half of damage claims coming from Tel Aviv region
By Sue Surkes
On Zikim Beach, southern Israel, in November 2020. From left: Barbara Wachspress, Doris Gurin, Janice Prawer, and Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera. (Courtesy)
March 2, 2026, 8:50 pm
Filipina caretaker killed by Iranian missile remembered by employers as ‘angel on Earth’
Mary Anne Velasquez de Vera was ‘injured while selflessly assisting her patient to safety,’ died on the way to the hospital
By Sue Surkes
The site of an Iranian ballistic missile impact in a residential area of Beersheba, March 2, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
March 2, 2026, 4:52 pm
19 injured, one moderately, as Iranian missile hits Beersheba amid multiple barrages
PM’s office denies Revolutionary Guard’s ‘fake’ claim it came under attack; salvos send millions to shelters, including MKs at Knesset and mourners at funeral
By Emanuel Fabian, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Soldiers are seen at the entrance to Tzrifin military base in central Israel, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 27, 2026, 10:57 am
IDF to relocate 11 bases from central Israel to free up land for real estate
Defense Ministry says move will yield more than 3 square km of land for housing, commerce; authorities to also mull moving IDF HQ out of Tel Aviv; units to soon move to new Beersheba tech campus
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of emergency services retrieving the body of a man who was swept away by a flash flood, December 30, 2025. (X)
December 30, 2025, 11:43 am
Man swept away by flash flood found dead
Tamer Alzagarneh, 21, from Bedouin town of Hura, was seen being carried off Monday near Hebron; body recovered 25 kilometers away, close to Beersheba
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A person holding handcuffs in a Jerusalem court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
December 3, 2025, 4:42 pm
Israeli teen indicted on terror charges for allegedly planning ISIS-inspired bombing
Prosecutors allege that 18-year-old from Negev tried to build IEDs, plotted to attack IDF soldiers at Beersheba bus station, after being radicalized by ISIS and Hamas online
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives in Lakiya on November 23, 2025. (Screenshots/social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2025, 6:42 am
‘I’m the landlord here’: Ben Gvir tours Bedouin town amid crime wave, sparking anger
Visit comes as Bedouin leaders protest exclusion from decision-making on spiking Negev violence, despite Arab locales bearing brunt of bloodshed
By Charlie Summers
View of the Beersheba District Court Hall in southern Israel on December 1, 2019.(Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 20, 2025, 5:21 pm
Beersheba resident indicted on charges of spying for Iran during military service
22-year-old divulged info about base where he served, though most of what he said was false, prosecutors say; defendant also allegedly hid a gun in Rishon Lezion at agent’s behest
By Charlie Summers
One of nine house fires, likely caused by intentional arson, that broke out in Beersheba overnight on November 20, 2025. (Fire and Rescue Service)
November 20, 2025, 2:11 pm
Fires in 9 Beersheba buildings lead to teen’s arrest on suspicion of arson
Fire and rescue investigators say they found evidence of intentional acts in at least two cases
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
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