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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

crime in Israel

Hashem Natur, 63 (left) and Iham Nasser, 25, who were killed in separate shootings on February 28, 2025. (Courtesy/Guy Yechiely/Israel Swimming Association)
March 1, 2025, 6:56 pm
Two men shot dead within hours in separate killings in central Arab cities
Victim of Friday shooting in Qalansawe was the father of a man killed in May 2023; relatives decry lack of police action, say they live in constant fear of violence
By Michael Horovitz
Fictitious exchange between an Iranian agent and potential Israeli recruit, shown in an Israel Police video warning civilians against partaking in Iranian espionage schemes, shared on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot/Israel Police)
February 27, 2025, 2:03 pm
Israeli man indicted for carrying out activities on behalf of Iranian agents
26-year-old resident of Petah Tikva graffitied Hamas inverted red triangle and pro-Iranian messages for pay; agents sought photos of Shin Bet chief’s home, army bases
By Charlie Summers
Paramedics in Ramle take a shooting victim to a nearby hospital on February 25, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
February 26, 2025, 6:45 pm
Three people shot dead in two separate incidents overnight in Ramle, Nazareth
Nazareth shooting victim’s two brothers were also killed in past incidents, connected to dispute between rival crime families; 45 Arab Israeli murder victims since start of 2025
By Charlie Summers
Damage caused by a car bombing that killed one and injured two others in Taybeh on February 18, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
February 18, 2025, 1:13 pm
Taybeh shop owner killed in bombing, man shot dead in Lod as violent crime spikes
5 Israelis killed in criminal incidents over the past 24 hours
By Charlie Summers
Police at the scene where a 14-year old boy was shot and killed in Lod, central Israel, February 3, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 3, 2025, 5:11 pm
14-year-old boy, doctor shot dead, bringing day’s homicide toll in Arab society to 6
Tide of violence keeps rising after triple homicide in Abu Snan, fatal stabbing in Abu Ghosh, with 29 Arab Israelis killed since start of 2025
By Charlie Summers
Israeli Arabs protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings among their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum, northern Israel on October 3, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 3, 2025, 6:38 am
Violent killings surge as police crackdown fails to stanch Arab community bloodletting
Arab leaders view crime-fighting tactics as ineffective or worse, accusing law enforcement of not coordinating raid on Umm al-Fahm with local leaders and turning town into an ‘army barrack’
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 12, 2025, 2:03 pm
Two men found shot dead in Nahariya; no terror motive suspected
Separately, cops reportedly assess fatal Rahat hit-and-run as accident amid brawl
By ToI Staff
Man stabbed on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2025, 5:48 pm
Man badly wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing following row over an electric scooter
Group of teens assault 37-year-old bargoer, a father of two, after arguing with him over a rentable e-scooter; attackers have not been apprehended
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A Jewish man suspect of participating in riots Hebron, arrives for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 12, 2024, 5:05 pm
MKs pass law allowing courts to issue restraining orders on basis of secret evidence
Controversial temporary measure allows judges to impose restrictions on citizens’ freedom of movement and expression based on ‘confidential intelligence material’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2024, 4:08 pm
Two stabbed and wounded at Karmiel police station; motive unclear
Suspect, from nearby Arab town, pulls out sharp object amid heated confrontation with security guard; was recently questioned for touching soldier’s gun
By ToI Staff
A view of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva (CC-BY Avishai Teicher/Wikipedia)
November 10, 2024, 12:12 pm
Woman, 31, shot to death in Bedouin town in south
12 suspects, including victim’s brother and husband, arrested; report says police believe killing linked to family dispute; death comes as Arab community strikes over rising crime
By ToI Staff
A bloody mattress is seen the morning after a deadly shooting attack in the city of Kafr Qasim which left two dead and one more in critical condition, October 22, 2024. (Screen capture via Ynet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 22, 2024, 5:06 pm
Two killed, including 10-year-old girl, in criminal shooting in Kafr Qasim
Police investigating the possibility that the incident, which left victim’s 17-year-old brother in critical condition, is retribution for deadly car explosion in Ramle last month
By ToI Staff
Alaa Abu Atta, 38, who was shot dead in Kafr Qara on October 15, 2024. (Courtesty)
October 15, 2024, 10:15 am
Man shot dead in northern town
Police say shooting not terror-related; victim, declared dead at scene, was reportedly known to authorities
By Michael Horovitz
Sigal Bar Zvi, head of community policing in Israel. (courtesy of Israel Police)
September 19, 2024, 6:35 pm
In parting shot, senior cop warns self-serving leaders are letting criminals run riot
Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi assails decision-makers who serve political interests, as well as too-lenient courts and laws that overly protect individual rights
By ToI Staff
Border police officers walk through the market in Ramle a day after a nearby explosion killed four and injured nine others, September 13, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 13, 2024, 4:05 pm
Police arrest teen suspect in deadly Ramle blast; 500 cops conduct raids
After 4 killed and 9 injured, residents of Ramle say violence in the city is ‘unbearable;’ local councilman says police unmotivated when it comes to Arab victims of crime
By ToI Staff
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