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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 628

gun violence

Police stationed outside a Manhattan synagogue, November 4, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 12, 2024, 2:41 am
Fate of Jewish man facing sentencing over 2022 synagogue threat divides a NYC community
After a white supremacist was arrested for a gun plot, Matthew Mahrer pleaded guilty to related firearms charges. Supporters say he should be given an alternative to prison time
By Luke Tress
Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Chicago, speaking on the first day of the Democratic National Convention Monday, August 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
October 31, 2024, 11:45 am
Chicago mayor condemns shooting of Jewish man but omits religious identity, drawing ire
Members of Jewish community decry Brandon Johnson’s statement: ‘We’re scared and we need to know that our mayor has our back’
By jacob gurvis
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly explosion, believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between crime families, in the central Israel city of Ramle, September 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 11:25 am
NGO head says Israeli racism and neglect responsible for Arab sector’s high murder rate
With 2024 on path to become the deadliest year on record for Arab Israelis, Abraham Initiatives co-director Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu points to National Security Minister Ben Gvir
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the central Arab city of Tira, August 21, 2023. (Israel Police)
October 10, 2024, 12:21 pm
Man shot dead in a truck in Tira
In footage man seen jumping into victim’s moving car and shooting him; reports cite some 200 murders in Arab society in 2024
By ToI Staff
Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event after apparently being shot in his ear, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
July 30, 2024, 8:14 pm
Trump shooter posted antisemitic, anti-immigrant content online, FBI official says
At US Senate hearing, intelligence official paints picture of loner with no close friends who used social media to ‘espouse political violence’
By Allende Miglietta, David Morgan and Sarah N. Lynch
Israel Police officers from the Ayalon District Police hold an assessment at the scene of a deadly shooting in Bat Yam, June 25, 2024. (Israel Police)
June 25, 2024, 11:31 pm
Man shot dead in Bat Yam in suspected gangland attack
Shooters flee scene on motorbike; search underway
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a double murder in Isfiya, northern Israel, April 13, 2024. (Israel Police)
May 13, 2024, 1:16 am
25-year-old man shot dead in northern Druze-majority town of Isfiya
Victim identified as Omri Fero, reportedly shot by two assailants while sitting in a car, as part of a turf war between rival crime families
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a double murder in Isfiya, northern Israel, April 13, 2024. (Israel Police)
April 13, 2024, 6:41 am
Three killed in shootings in northern towns; toddler seriously wounded
Man killed, 4 injured in gunfire in Kaf Yasif; two young men gunned down in Isfiya, as violence continues to plague Arab communities
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police inspect the scene of a murder in the northern city of Nazareth on September 23, 2019. (Israel Police Spokesperson)
April 10, 2024, 2:28 pm
Death toll rises in Nazareth extended family shooting; motive unknown
Suspect dies by suicide after mass shooting in which three family members killed, others wounded; murder rate in Arab community outpacing last year’s
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israel Police car in Tel Aviv on April 12, 2020. (joseh51camera/iStock by Getty Images)
April 9, 2024, 11:05 pm
Man kills two family members, then takes his own life, in Nazareth mass shooting
40-year-old Iksal resident also injures five, two of them critically; 48 members of Arab community slain since start of 2024
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
January 3, 2024, 8:15 pm
Man arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting woman at gunpoint on first date
Police say suspect only received gun license last month, after Israel’s firearm regulations were eased in the wake of the October 7 Hamas onslaught
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
December 17, 2023, 9:07 am
Man shot dead in northern town of Ar’ara, in third killing within hours
235 people have been killed in incidents of violent crime across Israel’s Arab communities in 2023, up from 108 people in 2022
By ToI Staff
Yuval Castleman (courtesy)
December 4, 2023, 11:47 am
Military Police arrests reservist who shot hero civilian dead at terror attack scene
Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija questioned under caution and held for further interrogation for killing Yuval Castleman, who shot the perpetrators of Jerusalem attack
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: An ambulance at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, on November 4, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2023, 9:49 am
Arab man shot dead in Acre, 204th victim this year
Paramedics find body of man on city’s Jerusalem Street with gunshot wounds
By ToI Staff
Yasmin Jabareen.
October 4, 2023, 9:00 pm
2 women shot dead in separate attacks, as murder wave shows no sign of abating
Earlier in the day, man found dead in abandoned home in Umm el-Fahm; death toll in Arab community rises to 196 so far in 2023
By ToI Staff
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