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Illustrative photo of a man in handcuffs. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
May 20, 2019, 5:05 pm
Man to be released after retracting confession to 1974 killing
Suspect, who has a history of mental illness and also claimed to have killed one other person, to receive psychiatric treatment
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 4:57 pm
Man walks into police station to confess to brutal 1974 murder of female soldier
Court orders psychiatric evaluation for suspect claiming to have killed Rachel Heller, for which another man wrongfully served eight years in prison
By Stuart Winer
A view of the Bedouin town of Arab al-Naim in the foreground, with the city of Carmiel in the background, 25 February 2006. (Public Domain/Wikipedia)
April 1, 2019, 7:57 am
Despite nation-state law, this Bedouin village is sticking with Netanyahu
Israel, under the current PM, formally recognized Arab al-Naim in 1999, and 77% of voters in the village cast ballots for Likud in 2015
By Adam Rasgon
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi speaks at a ceremony in central Israel on March 11, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 11, 2019, 4:50 pm
IDF chief pushes safety after punishing officers for soldier’s death
Vowing hard line on discipline, Kohavi says that more important than training exercises is commanders’ responsibility to bring troops home safely
By Judah Ari Gross
Paratrooper Evyatar Yosefi, 20, drowned during a training exercise in northern Israel on January 7, 2018. (Facebook)
March 10, 2019, 11:16 pm
IDF chief sacks 5 officers, censures colonel over soldier’s drowning in exercise
Military says investigation into accidental death of Sgt. Evyatar Yosefi, 20, in a flooded stream in January, found series of glaring errors and overall disregard for details
By Judah Ari Gross
Commuters at the newly built Yitzhak Navon train station in Jerusalem, September 25, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 10:31 am
‘Sick’ train drivers derail service amid spat over work hours
Israel Railways management accuses workers of ‘aggressive and unworthy conduct,’ as protest disrupts schedules in northern Israel
By Stuart Winer
Paratrooper Evyatar Yosefi, 20, drowned during a training exercise in northern Israel on January 7, 2018. (Facebook)
January 7, 2019, 1:41 pm
IDF soldier drowns in rain-swollen stream during exercise
Paratrooper Evyatar Yosefi tried to cross the water to regroup with unit during navigation drill, but slipped and fell into the rushing river
By Judah Ari Gross
Screen capture from video or the rescue efforts to find a man who was swept away by the Hilazon Creek on January 7, 2019. (Israel Police)
January 7, 2019, 9:48 am
Man swept away by northern river found, in critical condition
As rains pound country, air force helicopter, rescue teams locate victim who was carried away by Hilazon River near Karmiel
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative image of online shopping. (Poike, via iStock by Getty Images)
January 14, 2018, 6:47 pm
Israeli population averaged 2 online orders per second in 2017
In bid to beat high prices in Israel, shoppers bought 61 million packages over the internet, up 15% from the previous year, says Israel Postal Company
By Sue Surkes
An Israel Railways train (illustrative photo: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 17, 2017, 4:03 pm
New Karmiel-Tel Aviv train line to open, with access for Israeli Arab towns
Pressure from equal rights group ensures that bus lines link Galilee Arab communities to stations for trains to the coastal hub
By Sue Surkes
A car crash near Karmiel in northern Israel on January 23, 2017. (courtesy)
January 23, 2017, 5:40 pm
4 killed, 4 seriously injured in car crash
Car and minibus collide in north of country; ambulances and helicopters rush wounded to the hospital
By Stuart Winer
Firefighters battle a blaze near Rishpon in central Israel, on Sunday, November 27, 2016 (Israel Police)
November 27, 2016, 5:42 pm
Fresh blazes break out in north, West Bank, Jerusalem
Emergency services rush to douse flames as spate of fires continues to ravage country
By TOI staff
An Israeli artist stands in his studio, burned in an overnight fire in Beit Meir, outside of Jerusalem on November 25, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 25, 2016, 6:33 am
Jerusalem hills fire almost consumes mountainside village, is beaten back
Blaze surrounds Beit Meir, burns at least 10 buildings before firefighters gain control of flames; one suspected arsonist held; tens of thousands can’t yet return to Haifa homes
By TOI staff
Israeli firefighters work to extinguish a flame in a home in Haifa, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
November 25, 2016, 1:39 am
Officials say evidence of widespread arson unclear as fires burn overnight in many parts of Israel
Over 75,000 evacuated from Haifa; fires rage in Galilee, Jerusalem foothills; Druze villagers open homes to evacuees as Palestinian firefighters pitch in
By TOI staff
Israeli firefighters help extinguish a fire in the northern port city of Haifa on November 24, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
November 24, 2016, 9:39 pm
75,000 evacuated from Haifa amid allegations of ‘arson terror’
Fires contained elsewhere in the country; eight countries sending planes to combat blazes, Palestinians dispatching crew
By TOI staff
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