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A man stabs the head of Ramat Gan's religious council, seriously injuring him, in what police are investigating as a likely terror attack, Ramat Gan, March 12, 2026. (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 12, 2026, 7:51 pm
Man seriously wounded in Ramat Gan stabbing; police suspect terror motive
Cops arrest alleged assailant, a 20-year-old Arab Israeli, shortly after attack; victim, Shas-linked head of Ramat Gan’s religious council, receives visit from Deri in hospital
By Charlie Summers and Emanuel Fabian
An undated photo of Dr. Ramiz Abu Asba, a dentist who was shot dead in the northern Arab town of Jatt on July 11, 2023. (Social media screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 11, 2023, 7:11 pm
Dentist shot dead outside his home in northern Arab town, as toll passes last year’s
Dr. Ramiz Abu Asba is 117th fatality this year in spiraling crime wave in Arab community, surpassing the figure for all of 2022 in just over half the time
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: Police in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 20, 2022, 3:25 am
Man shot to death in mini-market in central town of Jatt
Masked shooter enters store and fires three shots, hitting 26-year-old, in latest criminal killing in an Arab Israeli community
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in central Israel, March 29, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
April 1, 2022, 8:16 am
Contradictory reports as police probe Arab man’s apparent murder
Amir Biadsa, 23, from Jatt, brought to medics in critical condition near adjacent Baqa al-Gharbiye; police say he died in explosion, some reports say he was first kidnapped
By ToI Staff
Khatam Abu Qeider, principal at the Neve Midbar School, speaks with Channel 2 news in 2017 (Screen grab)
June 20, 2020, 11:01 am
Principal of Bedouin school hurt in shooting; parents say police ignored threats
Menacing messages reportedly sent to Khatam Abu Qeider about management of new high school and over jealousy of his success; educator moderately wounded in attack
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video at the scene where a man was fatally shot in the northern Arab Israeli town of Jatt, June 18, 2020. (Ynet)
June 18, 2020, 10:03 am
Man shot dead in 4th killing in two days in Arab community
Victim and another man in same car, who was hurt when his Molotov cocktail ignited in shooting, suspected of attacking nearby home; fatality said related to man killed Wednesday
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
An overturned quad bike pulled from a river bed after a flash flood swept away its two riders, leaving a boy, 14, missing, December 26, 2019 (Israel Fire and Rescue Services)
December 26, 2019, 2:17 pm
Boy, 14, missing after being swept away by flood in northern riverbed
Teen was riding an ATV with a friend near village of Yarka when they were caught in flash flood; one was rescued, search parties and divers looking for the other
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 21, 2017, 11:33 am
Toddler in serious condition after falling on head
One-year-old from Arab village rushed to Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera for emergency medical treatment
By ToI Staff
Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint (Arab) List, speaks during a vote on a bill that would allow suspension of Knesset members, March 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2017, 10:33 pm
Arab MK defends Arafat street sign after PM orders it removed
Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh claims double standard in play, says late Palestinian leader a ‘symbol’ among his constituents
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk past a mural depicting late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the Shati Refugee Camp, in Gaza City, on November 7, 2013 (AP/Adel Hana)
March 5, 2017, 10:29 pm
Netanyahu says Arafat street sign in Arab village removed
PM says no road in Israel will bear ex-PLO leader’s name, but ‘all doors are open’ to Israeli Arabs
By AFP and ToI Staff
A picture taken on November 9, 2016 shows a large printed photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat hanging outside a door leading to a recreation of the small bedroom where he spent his final years at the new Arafat Museum in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
March 4, 2017, 9:51 pm
Netanyahu vows to remove Arafat street sign in Arab village
Following complaints by injured IDF veterans, PM says no road in Israel will bear ex-PLO leader’s name
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative photo of the Route 6 toll road, also known as the Trans-Israel Highway, March 30 2008. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 2, 2016, 11:17 am
2 killed as car smashes into truck on Route 6
Another man seriously injured in same accident; victims were on their way to work
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative photo of a police cordon at a crime scene (Matanya Tausig/Flash90)
February 7, 2015, 4:02 am
Man killed in Negev drive-by shooting
Two teens also badly hurt in attack in Bedouin town
By ToI Staff
February 2, 2015, 11:11 pm
Man and teenage boy killed in drive-by shooting
Mukhtar Muhammad Watad, 23, and Ahmad Hamad Watad, 17, shot to death in apparent underworld assassination
By ToI Staff
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