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An aerial picture from October 10, 2023, shows the abandoned site of the Supernova music festival, near Kibbutz Re'im, where some 360 people were killed in Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 6:06 pm
Man jailed for 7 years for stealing equipment of slain soundman from Nova festival site
Prosecutors say Ram Shaheen and two accomplices stole around half a million dollars’ worth of equipment belonging to Lior Matan, who was killed while helping others flee massacre
By Noam Lehmann
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 3:37 am
Three killed in two separate Nazareth shootings, as crime wave rocks Arab community
Two men in their 30s killed by shots fired at car; three hours later a 27-year-old is also shot dead; police searching for suspects
By Noam Lehmann
A Greek Orthodox Christian priest walks along an alley in the old city of Jerusalem on August 4, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich/AFP)
August 30, 2026, 7:54 pm
7 detained for spitting at church, vandalizing Muslim graves in Jerusalem Old City
Suspects released under restrictive conditions after police question them on suspicion of conduct that could harm public safety
By Noam Lehmann
The scene where a man was killed in Jaffa on August 30, 2026 (Magen David Adom)
August 30, 2026, 12:14 pm
Man killed, another seriously hurt in adjacent shootings minutes apart in Jaffa
Muhammad Katwan, 30, from Jaljulia, identified as victim of fatal shooting; other victim taken to nearby Wolfson hospital
By ToI Staff
Police and emergency forces at the scene where two children were stabbed in the city of Beit Shemesh, August 17, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 17, 2026, 8:22 pm
Child, 7, stabbed to death, 4-year-old wounded in Beit Shemesh; neighbor arrested
Hillel Mordechai Dadon and his cousin were reportedly celebrating birthday, in care of teen relative; police rule out terrorism, arrest 25-year-old suspect
By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann
Agam Tsarafi, left, and Shilat Houta, right, suspects in the July murder of Benayahu Razi in Jerusalem, and Linor Sasson, suspected in aiding them, are brought to a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, August 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 7, 2026, 2:27 pm
Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb
Defendants allegedly assaulted Benayahu Razi and his friend with knives, brass knuckles, a club and a kitchen mallet; cops say one defendant was romantically involved with victim
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Firefighters put out a blaze sparked by a grenade attack on a branch of Japanika in Afula, July 14, 2026 (Screen grab/Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
July 14, 2026, 1:10 pm
Grenade attacks across Israel target sushi chain in escalating feud between crime families
One lightly hurt in south Tel Aviv attack, with several bombings and shootings targeting Japanika, which is owned by Barak Abramov, thought to be tied to Jarushi gang
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly shooting in Jaffa on June 25, 2026. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2026, 11:43 pm
Teenage boy shot dead, second injured, in Jaffa shooting
Media outlets identify victim as high school student Imad Jabari, 17; Tel Aviv deputy mayor blames ‘government’s policy of abandonment’
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
MDA medics outside the scene of a deadly stabbing in Rehovot, June 16, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
June 16, 2026, 5:17 pm
Elderly man stabbed to death in Rehovot; police arrest son, who reportedly confesses
Reports say man, 40, called cops on himself after stabbing his 84-year-old father in an apartment they shared; knife found in suspect’s possession
By ToI Staff
Olga (left) and Ruslan (right) Prihodko, who were found shot dead in their car in Mishmar Ayalon, in the Judean foothills, on May 22, 2026. (Facebook)
June 15, 2026, 5:17 pm
17-year-old charged with murder in last month’s killing of married couple
Arab Israeli teen alleged to have shot Olga and Ruslan Prihodko in dispute over ancient coins; police initially probed incident as terrorism, then backtracked
By Charlie Summers
Farid Issa Mazlavat, 22, killed in northern Israel on June 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 6, 2026, 10:49 pm
Four killed in northern Israel over weekend, amid crime wave wracking Arab community
Farid Issa Mazlavat killed in the Druze town of Maghar; two brothers shot outside of Nazareth, one of whom was to get married on Saturday, prompting apparent revenge killing
By ToI Staff
A car goes up in flames after it exploded, causing the death of its driver on Route 2, near Or Akiva on May 26, 2026. (Screenshot/Magen David Adom)
May 26, 2026, 10:42 pm
Man killed in car explosion in central Israel; second apparent bombing in a day
Police checking whether explosion was an assassination; medics pronounce victim dead at the scene
By Charlie Summers
Fire pours out of a car that exploded, killing one, in Afula, northern Israel, on May 26, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
May 26, 2026, 11:16 am
Man killed in car blast in Afula, woman found dead in Haifa as crime wave sweeps Israel
Police don’t suspect nationalistic motive in Afula; husband of woman found dead in Haifa apartment reportedly among those arrested in suspected homicide case
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 10:51 am
Man shot dead in Shfaram in 100th violent killing of 2026 in Arab community
Victim named as Hadi Su’ad, 28; report says his father and brother were killed in past year, in apparent gangland feud between families that has claimed the lives of 35 people
By ToI Staff
A child walks in front of a memorial mural of Yemanu Zelka, who was stabbed to death in Petah Tikva on Independence Day a week earlier, Ashdod, April 28, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 5:37 pm
Police arrest another teen suspect in Independence Day murder at Petah Tikva pizzeria
Arrest brings number of detained suspects to 11; primary suspect yet to face judge; Pizza Hut reportedly to continue paying victim Yemanu Zelka’s family
By Charlie Summers
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