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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 615

Isfiya

Anat Hetz-Golan, left, manager of Solaris, and Dr. Marina Hetz, CEO of Space Valley, which built and operates the first and only national solar observatory, in the Druze village of Isfiya on Mount Carmel on February 24, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel
March 20, 2025, 7:33 am
In time for the equinox, Israel’s first solar observatory opens in northern Druze town
Solaris launches in Isfiya as part of a government program to increase space research in the Arab Israeli community
By Diana Bletter
Druze activist Hamud Marzuk makes a point to Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat at the entrance to the Druze military cemetery in Isfiya, northern Israel, on May 13, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 13, 2024, 3:22 pm
Tensions simmer at Druze memorial ceremony attended by Likud minister Nir Barkat
As activists demonstrate peacefully, Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif calls on state to allow young Druze to build legally on their land
By Sue Surkes
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 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
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
Police collect sound equipment stolen from the aftermath of the Supernove music festival massacre, November 16, 2023. (Israel Police)
November 17, 2023, 1:34 pm
5 Israelis arrested for looting sound equipment of man murdered by Hamas at rave
Hardware worth $530,000 returned to Matan Lior’s father, who says suspects personally knew his son; indictment to be filed against them
By ToI Staff
Saleh Badriya, in his paramedic's uniform, poses with volunteers who helped organize an aid convoy from the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel in northern Israel to the city of Sderot in the south, October 8, 2023. (Courtesy Saleh Badriya)
November 14, 2023, 1:43 pm
Israel’s tiny Druze community punches above its weight to help
From presenting Israel’s case to Arab world to sewing army gear, cooking for soldiers, and supporting evacuees from border zones, community throws itself into war effort
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Israel Police officers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 3, 2023, 2:03 pm
Former Premier League soccer player detained at airport over massive corruption probe
Suspect stopped by police at Ben Gurion Airport as he returned from trip abroad; 18 others already arrested in connection with suspected garbage disposal graft scheme in north
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The offices of Israel Police's Lahav 433 Unit in Lod. (Flash 90)
May 1, 2023, 1:46 pm
Four mayors arrested on suspicion of taking bribes from garbage disposal company
18 people arrested in all, including company owner and public officials, suspected of fixing public tender for financial gain
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
July 26, 2022, 8:51 pm
Man shot dead in northern Druze town of Isfiya
45-year-old victim is father of 2 with no criminal background; joins 61 other Arab Israelis, Palestinians killed in violence in Israel since beginning of 2022
By ToI Staff
Nael Mustafah (Courtesy)
October 8, 2021, 12:20 am
Arab man shot dead in Isfiya, becoming 96th victim of communal violence in 2021
Nael Mustafah, 41, was known to police for alleged involvement in a shooting targeting a city employee; survived a hit months ago, when his car was blown up
By ToI Staff
A polling station for people that is under quarantine in Jerusalem, during the Knesset Elections, on March 23, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 25, 2021, 3:24 am
With most votes counted, Likud holds lead in south, Lapid ahead in Tel Aviv
Liberman sees jump in support in Druze areas; United Torah Judaism leads in Jerusalem; Arab community mostly supports Joint List
By ToI Staff
A large forest fire near Kiryat Tivon, June 1, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 1, 2020, 6:36 pm
Large wildfire forces evacuation of tech park in northern Israel
Firefighters bring blaze near Kiryat Tivon under control, after working to prevent it from reaching natural gas facility; roads blocked, then reopened
By ToI Staff
A car windshield is seen riddled with bullet holes in a video reportedly taken at the scene of a double murder in northern Israel, May 7, 2020. (Screenshot/Twitter)
May 9, 2020, 7:46 am
Police investigate suspected double murder in northern Israel
Men shot to death in vehicle in northern town of Daliyat al-Karmel named as Ofer Abu Sauda and Carlos Abu Tamimi
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of a funeral in the Arab Israeli town of Isfiya, April 15, 2020. (Channel 12 news)
April 16, 2020, 10:21 am
Virus rules ignored at Druze funeral, ultra-Orthodox circumcision
Many dozens attend ceremony in northern town of Isfiya despite national orders against public gatherings; 200 at brit milah event in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
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