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Haifa Magistrate's Court

Reservists of the 205th "Iron Fist" Armored Brigade operate in the Gaza Strip in a handout photo issued by the military on April 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 30, 2026, 5:33 pm
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Illustrative: A Woman removes her wedding ring. (Dragana991/iStock)
October 15, 2024, 10:52 pm
Haifa court rules divorce refusal is a crime, sentences husband to 18 months in prison
Man is 2nd to be sentenced to prison for refusing to give his wife a ‘get,’ after trapping her in marriage since 2004; rabbinic courts in US, Israel have issued rulings against him
By Mati Wagner
File: Dr. Guy Rofe, a gynecologist arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment, arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Haifa, January 4, 2022. (Alon Nadav/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 2:09 pm
Gynecologist to be indicted following accusations he sexually abused patients
Move to charge Guy Rofe comes after one of many complainants expressed outrage upon hearing doctor planned to open new clinic despite multiple accusations of indecent acts
By ToI Staff
Carmel Olefins in the Haifa Bay, northern Israel, in an undated photo. (Ilan Melster)
May 20, 2024, 1:35 pm
Bazan oil refinery group and subsidiaries fined almost $1 million for pollution
Haifa Magistrate’s Court decision to fine Carmel Olefins $275,000 comes less than two weeks after Environmental Protection Ministry gave it a $5 million fine
By Sue Surkes
Police working at the site of a suspected murder in Hadera on August 27, 2023. (Israel Police)
September 21, 2023, 3:26 pm
Man indicted for murdering his father, attempting to murder his mother
Shlomo Ktorza accused of strangling his father and slitting his throat, then attacking his mother with same intention
By ToI Staff
Factories in Haifa Bay. (Shay Levy / Flash90)
July 10, 2022, 6:27 pm
Environment Ministry files criminal charges against Bazan Group for air pollution
Indictment alleges that Carmel Olefins failed to properly use flare to burn gases, pumping nearly 100 tons of carbon monoxide, ethane, methane, ethylene and propane into the air
By Sue Surkes
Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial, January 9, 2020 (Flash90)
February 28, 2022, 2:28 pm
Actor Moshe Ivgy, serving time for indecent assault, to get early release
Parole board says chances are low the actor, convicted of sexually harassing 4 women, will reoffend; women’s group says decision sends wrong message to women; prosecutors to appeal
By ToI Staff
Dr. Guy Rofe at the Magistrate's Court in Haifa, January 4, 2022 (Alon Nadav/Flash90)
January 13, 2022, 3:39 pm
Gynecologist accused of sexually assaulting patients released to house arrest
Guy Rofe to stay at his parents’ home starting Thursday evening, giving police time to look into fresh allegations
By ToI Staff
File: Dr. Guy Rofe, a gynecologist arrested on suspicion of sexual harassment, arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Haifa, January 4, 2022. (Alon Nadav/Flash90)
January 9, 2022, 2:51 pm
Police drop rape suspicion against gynecologist; court extends custody
Police say they’ll look at other complaints filed with Health Ministry, but doctor with large social media following now officially suspected only in 2 indecent acts allegations
By ToI Staff
Edward Kachura, appears at a hearing in the Haifa District Court in the case of 17-year-old Lital Melnik's death, November 29, 2021. (Flash90)
December 6, 2021, 7:00 pm
Psychiatric hospital nurse charged with murdering 17-year-old ex-patient
Edward Kachura tricked Lital Yael Melnik into conducting ‘rebirth’ therapy where she dug her own grave, but he pulled her tube so she couldn’t breath, indictment says
By ToI Staff
Edward Kachura, appears at a hearing in the Haifa District Court in the case of 17-year-old Lital Melnik's death, November 29, 2021. (Flash90)
December 2, 2021, 11:58 am
Prosecutors to charge nurse with murder in death of 17-year-old Lital Yael Melnik
Edward Kachura, accused of killing patient with whom he had a relationship, will face life sentence if convicted; investigators believe teen was buried alive
By ToI Staff
Actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Hermon Prison in northern Israel to serve out his sentence, September 29, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 29, 2021, 9:59 am
Actor Moshe Ivgy enters prison to serve 11-month sentence for indecent assault
‘It’s no trip to Thailand,’ says actor convicted of sexually harassing four women; start of his Hermon Prison stint was delayed until after Jewish holidays
By ToI Staff
Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial, January 9, 2020 (Flash90)
July 12, 2021, 4:46 pm
Actor Moshe Ivgy handed 11-month prison sentence for indecent assault
Jail time for sexually harassing four women comes after court overturned previous verdict of just six months of community service
By ToI Staff
Israeli actor Moshe Ivgy arrives at the Haifa Magistrate's Court for the verdict in his trial, January 9, 2020 (Flash90)
June 27, 2021, 3:14 pm
Prosecutors seek 3-year sentence for actor Moshe Ivgy in sexual assault cases
State says 6 months’ community service insufficient for prominent actor convicted of harassing, assaulting multiple women; Ivgy expresses remorse in court, claims he’s faced ‘hell’
By ToI Staff
A police car at the site of a suspected domestic violence murder of a woman in Haifa, May 1, 2021. (Israel Police)
May 2, 2021, 12:04 pm
Woman found dead in Haifa apartment; husband and son arrested
But autopsy reportedly leads investigators to believe Svetlana Belkin’s death was suicide, not murder
By ToI Staff
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