Hadera terror attack

The two terrorists who carried out a shooting attack in Hadra on March 27, 2022: Ayman Ighbariah (left) and Ibrahim Ighbariah (right), pictured at Haifa District Court on June 29, 2016, when he was on trial for trying to join the Islamic State in Syria. (Screenshot)

May 9, 2022, 2:22 am

Terrorists in Hadera attack buried overnight after Israel returns bodies

Funerals held for two Arab Israeli cousins in northern town of Umm al-Fahm, with police limiting attendance; some reportedly chant about martyrdom

By TOI staff

A screen grab from an undated video in which the two terrorists who killed four Israelis in Hadera on March 27, 2022, swear allegiance to the Islamic State terror group (Screen grab)

April 29, 2022, 12:59 pm

2 Umm al-Fahm residents indicted for not preventing deadly terror shooting in Hadera

Prosecutors allege Muhammad Gassan Mahajina, Hassan Mahajina knew the IS gunmen who killed 2 border cops last month intended to carry out attack, with latter helping them get ammo

By TOI staff

April 17, 2022, 11:31 pm

Islamic State calls on supporters in Israel to launch more terror attacks

In Ramadan speech, spokesman for jihadist group criticizes ‘secular terrorists’ of Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says Jerusalem can only be liberated by return of caliphate

By TOI staff and AFP

Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a press conference at IDF Central Command headquarters, on March 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

April 7, 2022, 2:52 pm

Gantz approves administrative detention for Islamic State suspect from Nazareth

Move follows Bennett’s order to use controversial practice of holding suspects without trial as part of efforts to prevent further terror attacks, after spate of deadly assaults

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the Beit El army headquarters in the West Bank, on April 5, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

April 5, 2022, 7:56 pm

Bennett says security forces recently foiled more than 15 terrorist attacks

In visit to West Bank army base, prime minister says string of recent deadly attacks must serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for officials to correct past mistakes

By TOI staff

Members of the Zaka voluntary organization are seen at the scene of an attack in Hadera, March 27, 2022 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

April 5, 2022, 3:19 pm

Police ask Gantz not to return terrorists’ bodies; Shin Bet, IDF disagree – report

Remains of 5 attackers are still in Israeli custody; officials concerned about legal ramifications of not allowing burial of terrorists who were Israeli citizens

By TOI staff

March 31, 2022, 7:59 pm

Umm al-Fahm mourns deaths of Hadera terrorists in post; mayor apologizes

Post deleted after call from Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked; mayor, who had condemned attack, blames external company running city’s social media

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Ministers and MKs attend a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 31, 2022, 9:45 am

Knesset to convene for emergency session next week on terror attacks

Gantz vows to ‘flood the streets’ with thousands of IDF reservists if needed; Netanyahu suggests government can’t fight terror because of coalition’s Ra’am party

By TOI staff

Right wing activists wave Israeli flags during a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, following a recent wave of violence, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. (AP/Oded Balilty)

March 31, 2022, 2:52 am

US ‘stands firmly’ with Israel amid terror spurt, Biden tells Bennett

Leaders talk by phone about importance of regional partnerships, as exemplified by Negev Summit, White House says, making no mention of Iran or Palestinians

By Jacob Magid

Israeli security forces and emergency personnel at the scene of a terrorist attack on March 28, 2022, in Bnei Brak in which five people were killed. (Jack Guez / AFP)

March 30, 2022, 4:13 pm

Defeating the new terror wave: The challenge, the temptation, the precedent

With 11 people killed in three attacks in eight days, the fear is that Israel is facing a fresh, intifada-style onslaught. It isn’t… at least, not yet

By David Horovitz

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the entrance to the Efrat settlement in the central West Bank on March 29, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

March 30, 2022, 2:56 pm

Israeli security services struggle to stop deadliest terror wave since 2nd Intifada

Police and the military look to restore calm by increasing deployments and crackdowns, without causing unnecessary friction in the process

By Judah Ari Gross

After meeting for the Negev Summit, Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, center left, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, shake hands with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, front left, and United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, front right, March 28, 2022, in Sde Boker, Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

March 29, 2022, 2:54 pm

Daily Briefing March 29: What happens next, after Hadera attack and Negev summit

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz and religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent Judah Ari Gross discuss deadly terror, Sde Boker confab, the Western Wall and MK Alon Tal

By TOI staff

Police arrest several suspects who were allegedly involved in the Hadera attack or who have Islamic State links, March 28, 2022. (Israel Police)

March 29, 2022, 9:25 am

Shin Bet, police round up 12 suspects with alleged IS links in overnight raids

Arrests take place in Umm al-Fahm, hometown of terrorists who killed two officers in Hadera, and in other Arab cities; official says wave of arrests will ‘intensify’ in coming days

By Emanuel Fabian

March 29, 2022, 1:10 am

Terrorist in deadly Hadera attack handed reduced prison sentence by judge in 2016

Ibrahim Ighbariah got 18 months for Islamic State ties after brother testified he wanted to join police; 2nd shooter reportedly moved from Fatah prison wing for being ‘too radical’

By TOI staff

MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 28, 2022, 11:42 pm

Amid terror, tensions, Ben Gvir aims to visit Temple Mount on Thursday

Police chief yet to decide whether to allow far-right MK into holy site, with situational assessment to be held

By TOI staff