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Israel Police officers operate in Nazareth amid raids targeting organized crime, September 2-4, 2026. (Israel Police)
September 4, 2026, 12:52 pm
Cops raid Nazareth after 4 murdered in 24 hours, arrest 30 over alleged gangland killings
Police seize weapons, ammunition in two nights of operations against gang-linked compounds in northern city; Mahmoud Biatra, 30, is 172nd Arab Israeli homicide victim of 2026
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Security camera footage of a violent robbery of three boys eating in a restaurant in north Tel Aviv on April 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
May 12, 2026, 7:50 pm
Rash of teen violence renews focus on south Tel Aviv gang linked to migrants’ kids
Robberies, assaults and more attributed to SSQ group, largely made up of children without legal status, underlining chronic complaints by locals; some see marginalization at fault
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: An Israel Police car, February 27, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
June 5, 2025, 11:06 am
14-year-old shot dead, relative injured in Negev town as murders continue to spike
Hours earlier, Issa Frija, 38, shot dead outside his Kafr Qasim home; killings are 9th and 10th homicides in under a week, 105 killings in Arab community so far this year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at a crime scene in Abu Snan in northern Israel, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90/File)
April 29, 2024, 12:41 pm
2 men whose remains were found in north said to have been killed in gangland murder
Media identifies victims as Amid Abu Rukun and Tamer Khayuf, allegedly linked to Abu Latif crime family; pair missing since relatives killed by rivals in Isfiya on April 13
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern town of Kafr Kanna, August 26, 2023. (Flash90)
January 1, 2024, 12:53 pm
244 Arabs said killed in 2023 violence, more than double 2022 toll
Abraham Initiatives coexistence organization says this was bloodiest year ever for Arab homicides, blames government for pausing earlier efforts to curb trend
By ToI Staff
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at UN headquarters, September 19, 2023. (Frank Franklin II/AP)
September 21, 2023, 3:04 pm
At UN, El Salvador’s leader scorns international criticism of his crackdown on gangs
President Bukele tells General Assembly suppression of violence lowered murder rate and was ‘right thing to do,’ despite accusations of human rights violations
By AP
Police at the scene of a suspected gangland killing in Haifa on July 20, 2023 (Police Spokesperson)
July 20, 2023, 1:16 pm
Man shot and killed in Haifa months after daughter gunned down
Attack apparently part of ongoing feud between crime families; shooting marks 126th killing in Arab community this year; West Bank resident also shot and killed in Kafr Qasim
By ToI Staff
Undated photo of Netanel Aharon. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 2, 2023, 11:05 am
Five minors arrested over fatal stabbing of teenager last month
All suspects in killing of Netanel Aharon are 15; initial investigation reportedly finds friend of victim was intended target in dispute among youths in Rishon Lezion
By ToI Staff
View of the Arab village of Nahf in northern Israel, on January 11, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 28, 2021, 8:48 pm
Man shot dead in northern town, becoming 124th Arab victim this year
Man in his 20s gunned down in Nahaf, two days after last killing in violence-plagued minority
By ToI Staff
Firefighters work to extinguish a car on fire on Route 5 near Kafr Qasim on December 28, 2021. (Magen David Adom)
December 28, 2021, 5:07 pm
Car set ablaze on highway near Kfar Qasim, in suspected bomb attack
Medics take driver, a resident of Jaljulia, to hospital with light injuries; police investigating possible underworld hit
By ToI Staff
Adi Peretz (Courtesy)
August 11, 2021, 10:21 pm
Police believe Bat Yam shooting victim was hit by errant fire in mob violence
Condition of Adi Peretz improves after she was shot in the head, doctors say, and she has begun communicating
By ToI Staff
Security forces inspect the scene where a man died in a car explosion in Holon, on April 11, 2021. (Flash90)
April 11, 2021, 9:30 pm
Bombed cars, shooting leave two dead, one injured in suspected gangland violence
Car blown up in Netanya, hours later another explodes in Holon killing one; later, man shot dead, another seriously injured in Ashkelon
By Stuart Winer
A car is seen by the roadside on Route 6 after it was shot at on December 28, 2020. One man died and another was critically injured in the suspected revenge attack (United Hatzalah)
February 8, 2021, 6:42 pm
5 indicted for gangland attack that killed teen under police’s nose
15-year-old was gunned down as officers were escorting family members along highway following fatal shooting the previous night
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a coronavirus vaccination facility in the northern Arab city of Nazareth on January 13, 2021. (Gil Eliyahu/POOL/AFP)
January 18, 2021, 1:10 am
Meeting Arab mayors, Netanyahu vows to tackle community crime like terrorism
Move comes as PM continues to campaign for Arab votes, but he has pledged to fight rampant violence before; Umm al-Fahm mayor says he is ‘cautiously optimistic’
By Aaron Boxerman
Members of the Arab Israeli community protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings in their communities, outside the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on October 10, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 29, 2020, 12:32 am
Four killed in day of violence, shootings in Arab Israeli towns
Following string of violent murders in Arab communities, woman and teen killed in separate incidents in Baqa al-Gharbiya; 2 men killed in Lod, Tira shootings
By ToI Staff
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