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Police at the scene where two people were shot dead in Haifa, February 18, 2026. (Flash90)
February 19, 2026, 3:27 am
Four killed in separate shootings, one by cops, as deadly crime surges in Arab society
Two killed near corner store in Haifa, another in Lakiya; police fatally shoot 18-year-old motorcyclist fleeing authorities in northern town ‘who didn’t heed calls to stop’
By Charlie Summers
Israeli security forces raid the Bedouin city of Rahat on May 7, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 5:52 pm
Cracking down on Bedouin crime, Ben Gvir accused of punishing victims to please his base
Police operation to stem lawlessness after complaints from residents of Jewish towns in northern Negev draws fire for using harsh West Bank-style tactics against Arab citizens
By Charlie Summers
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives in Lakiya on November 23, 2025. (Screenshots/social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2025, 6:42 am
‘I’m the landlord here’: Ben Gvir tours Bedouin town amid crime wave, sparking anger
Visit comes as Bedouin leaders protest exclusion from decision-making on spiking Negev violence, despite Arab locales bearing brunt of bloodshed
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)
April 1, 2024, 1:13 pm
Two arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, raping 15-year-old girl
Friend alerts police that teen was missing from north, sparking hunt; officers find her in south near car with 2 men; tests indicate assault, suspects claim they only gave her ride
By ToI Staff
Police arrive at the scene of a suspected murder of a 23-year-old man at the entrance of the southern Bedouin town of Lakiya, February 15, 2023. (Israel Police)
February 15, 2023, 2:40 pm
Man shot dead in south, in 16th killing in Arab community this year
Lakiya resident found with gunshot wounds at entrance to town
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
December 23, 2022, 9:42 am
Woman shot, seriously hurt in south; several wounded in two separate brawls
Lakiya shooting victim taken to hospital; 3 wounded after fight next to nightclub in Binyamina, 2 hurt after row in Ashdod overnight
By Michael Horovitz
Police at the scene where a man was shot and seriously injured while driving in a motorcade that was making its way to a wedding, near Omer, in southern Israel, on December 2, 2022 (Flash90)
December 3, 2022, 9:54 am
Hours before his wedding, man shot and seriously injured near southern town
Shooting suspected to be revenge for murder of Lakiya woman in family feud
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance in central Israel, March 29, 2012. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
October 9, 2022, 11:43 pm
Woman shot to death in southern town, son may have been target
Victim identified as Lakiya resident Zinab Alsaana, 45, in latest slaying to strike Arab community
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a shooting in Lakiya on Septembe 25, 2021 (Israel Police)
September 26, 2021, 4:18 am
Man stabbed to death in brawl in central Israel
1 arrested on suspicion of involvement in death in Kiryat Ekron; separately, man stabbed and seriously hurt in Ashdod
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a shooting in Lakiya on Septembe 25, 2021 (Israel Police)
September 25, 2021, 11:50 pm
Woman shot dead in south, in 4th fatality in Arab community in 48 hours
Police officials say 42-year-old Somia al-Talalka of Lakiya was likely murdered; 93 Arabs killed in violent incidents in Israel since the beginning of the year
By Emanuel Fabian
Two of the three cars that were attacked by a number of Bedouin suspects on Route 6, May 11, 2021. (Video screenshot)
August 30, 2021, 4:42 pm
5 from Bedouin town charged over attacks on drivers in May
Shin Bet accuses suspects, apparently all related, of assaulting drivers and setting vehicles on fire
By Emanuel Fabian
A synagogue in the central Israeli city of Lod torched during a night of heavy rioting in the city, on May 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 16, 2021, 7:08 pm
Lapid blames PM, Ben Gvir for violence; Ra’am chair condemns synagogue arsons
Yesh Atid leader says PM allowed the far-right MK to ignite the country; Mansour Abbas calls torching synagogues ‘contrary to Islam’
By ToI Staff
A view of the town of Lakiya on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
August 1, 2019, 6:02 am
Parents killed in front of child in drive-by shooting in southern Israel
Couple gunned down near entrance of Bedouin town as part of suspected clan dispute; motorcyclist shot to death in Herzliya in possible gangland hit
By ToI Staff
A plume of smoke rises from the remains of a building west of Gaza City that was targeted by the Israeli Air Force in response to a rocket attack that hit southern Israel earlier in the day on August 9, 2018. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
August 9, 2018, 6:29 pm
After Gaza rocket hits Beersheba, IDF levels an alleged Hamas HQ
As high-level security cabinet convenes to discuss violence in south, Israeli jets flatten five-story building near Gaza City the army says was used by Hamas internal security
By Judah Ari Gross and Adam Rasgon
A police officer inspects a crater caused by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip that struck an open field north of the city of Beersheba on August 9, 2018. (Israel Police)
August 9, 2018, 4:00 pm
Beersheba targeted by rocket attack for first time since 2014 war
Projectile strikes open field outside the southern city, shattering a ceasefire that lasted approximately two hours
By Judah Ari Gross
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