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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 569

Israel Police Special Patrol Unit

Illustrative: The West Bank's Hamra Checkpoint (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 12, 2024, 3:06 pm
Policemen, civilian charged with brutal assault on Palestinian civilian
Three men allegedly beat Palestinian man unconscious, loaded him into a vehicle and dumped him by a checkpoint, bleeding on the ground
By Jeremy Sharon
Command Sgt. Maj. Denis Belenky who was killed at the Sderot police station on October 7, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 17, 2024, 10:00 pm
Command Sgt. Maj. Denis Belenky, 47: Lion-hearted police officer
Killed battling Hamas at the Sderot police station on October 7
By ToI Staff
Chief Superintendent Yair Hanuna arrives for investigation at the Police Investigations Department offices in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Chief of police Kobi Shabtai visits a business that was a victim of protection racket, near Meron, in the upper Galilee, July 17, 2023 (David Cohen/Flash90).
August 5, 2023, 5:24 pm
Police chief said to phone senior officer suspected of brutality to express backing
Broadcaster reveals Shabtai’s call to Yair Hanuna after he came out against public show of support for the policeman and other cops suspected of excessive force against protesters
By ToI Staff
Amitai Aboudi outside the police station in Jaffa, August 1, 2023, after his release from a third round of questioning. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 1, 2023, 9:28 pm
Anti-overhaul protester, allegedly beaten up by cops, freed after 3rd police grilling
Four people arrested outside Tel Aviv police headquarters during demonstration against the summoning of demonstrators including Amitai Aboudi, 18
By ToI Staff
A police officer scuffles with Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the predominantly Arab Joint List party, during a demonstration in East Jerusalem on April 9, 2021 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 12, 2021, 10:53 pm
Police officers questioned over beating of Joint List lawmaker
Several members of Jerusalem branch of special patrol unit probed, some under caution, over incident involving MK Ofer Cassif; all later conditionally released
By ToI Staff
Israeli policemen stop vehicles at a checkpoint in East Jerusalem while enforcing a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, on September 25, 2020 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
October 1, 2020, 5:47 pm
Police ramp up lockdown enforcement, replace roadblocks with mobile patrols
Ahead of Sukkot festival, law enforcement officials say they will have ‘no tolerance’ for large gatherings in sukkahs
By ToI Staff
Beit Shemesh municipal workers take down "modesty" signs in the city on December 11, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
February 27, 2018, 11:28 am
Beit Shemesh strips off ‘modesty’ signs in nighttime operation
City workers escorted by elite police unit after a previous attempt to remove gender segregation notices was cut short by scuffles
By ToI Staff
A meat cleaver, knife, and copy of the Quran, found in the backpack of a Palestinian man, who said they were going to be used in a terror attack near the Kochav Yaakov settlement in the central West Bank on November 9, 2017. (Israel Police)
November 9, 2017, 11:37 am
Palestinian nabbed outside settlement with meat cleaver, Quran
Suspect says bag, containing two knives and the holy book, was ‘for someone else’ who was planning a terror attack
By Judah Ari Gross
Mesbah Abu Sabih on the Temple Mount in an undated photograph. (Social media)
October 13, 2016, 9:57 pm
Court removes gag order on name, photo of Jerusalem terrorist
Mesbah Abu Sabih, 39-year-old East Jerusalem resident, can finally be identified as gunmen who carried out Sunday’s deadly shooting
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli forensic policemen collect evidence from a car belonging to a victim following a terrorist attack near the Israeli police headquarters in Jerusalem on October 9, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
October 9, 2016, 1:05 pm
2 Israelis die of injuries after Jerusalem shooting attack
Police officer, bystander succumb to wounds after terror attack near capital’s Ammunition Hill; 5 others hospitalized
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli security forces cordon off the site of a shooting attack near police headquarters in Jerusalem on October 9, 2016. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
October 9, 2016, 10:23 am
Terrorist opens fire in Jerusalem, killing two
Police officer and bystander succumb to injuries after attack near capital’s Ammunition Hill, five others injured; assailant killed in shootout with cops
By Judah Ari Gross
The scene at Petah Tikva Street in south Tel Aviv after a man was shot dead by police after pulling a gun on them, July 28, 2016. (Israel Police)
July 28, 2016, 8:17 am
Tel Aviv man pulls gun on police, is shot dead
Incident takes place during an operation targeting drug-related crime; 3 men arrested trying to flee the scene
By ToI Staff
Kheir Hamdan attacks police van with a knife on Nov. 8, 2014. Police Investigations Unit cleared police of wrongdoing Tuesday for fatally shooting Hamdan. (Screen capture)
May 5, 2015, 5:57 pm
Investigators clear cops in fatal shooting of Israeli Arab man
Kheir Hamdan, armed with a knife, was killed in November; Arab rights group says it’s a ‘green light for the next murder’
By Judah Ari Gross and AFP
The crime scene outside the Bank Hapoalim in Beersheba where four people were killed by a local gunman on May 20, 2013. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
May 22, 2013, 11:49 pm
New footage reveals harrowing minutes of Beersheba bank spree
Security cameras show police arrived soon after Itamar Alon fired his first shot; a full hour went by before he took his own life
By ToI Staff
The Fattal family being forcibly evacuated from the Ulpana outpost in the West Bank settlement of Beit El (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 28, 2012, 10:40 pm
Last families evacuated from Ulpana outpost
Defense Ministry begins sealing buildings, which will eventually be rebuilt elsewhere in the settlement of Beit El
By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff
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