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Footage posted to social media shows the vandalized "Ohalei Yaakov" synagogue in Paris, October 18, 2026. (Screenshots/social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
French rioters vandalize Paris synagogue, set Jewish-owned shops ablaze in Marseille
By Ilan Bloom
Jewish Community Protection Service says vandals broke into captal's Ohalei Yaakov synagogue, Torah scrolls unharmed; group says no evidence Jewish businesses deliberately targeted
Suspects caught at looting antiquities at Horvat Hadarim in northern Israel in March 2026. (Border Police Spokesperson)
March 17, 2026, 4:47 pm
Police detain suspected antiquities thieves before sheltering with them under rocket fire
Inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority’s Theft Prevention Unit say looters are exploiting the wartime security situation to plunder historical treasures
By Rossella Tercatin
Looted artifacts seized at the house of a Dimona resident suspected of illegal antiquities trafficking on April 21, 2025. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 21, 2025, 6:32 pm
Hundreds of artifacts, some nearly 2,800 years old, seized from suspected looter
In search of suspect’s home in Dimona, police also find metal detectors, guns and ammunition, and NIS 150,000 in cash
By Rossella Tercatin
Palestinians are seen storming trucks loaded with humanitarian aid brought in through a new US-built pier, in the central Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)
November 19, 2024, 4:23 am
UN says nearly 100 Gaza aid trucks looted, the war’s worst theft ‘in terms of volume’
United Nations officials don’t specify who carried out the weekend ambush on humanitarian convoy; Hamas says it killed more than 20 ‘gang members involved in looting’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Or, a solider fighting in Gaza, displays a seder plate he found in the territory. (Courtesy via JTA)
July 6, 2024, 8:52 am
Israeli soldiers are finding Judaica in Gaza — and trying to locate the items’ owners
A seder plate, Hanukkah menorahs and other ritual objects have been discovered during the IDF’s ongoing ground incursion in the Strip, raising a legal and moral dilemma for troops
By Deborah Danan
Works of art by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, September 20, 2023, during a ceremony returning the pieces to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. (AP/Bobby Caina Calvan)
March 9, 2024, 10:11 am
21 more countries agree to updated guidelines on restituting Nazi-looted art
WJRO and Claims Conference say 24 nations made minimal to no progress on issue, adding that it’s more difficult when it comes to pieces in private hands rather than public collections
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Israeli reservists pose with a dog they brought out of Gaza in December 2023. (Courtesy of Glass Walls)
February 1, 2024, 11:26 am
Israeli troops’ rescue of animals in Gaza fuels pro-Palestinian ‘looting’ charges
Some anti-Israel activists focus on the issue of pets being brought into Israel as complementary evidence to support a narrative of wrongdoing by Israeli soldiers in Gaza
By Canaan Lidor
Screen capture from video of people looting a truck involved in a deadly traffic accident on Route 6, September 13, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 14, 2023, 3:55 pm
Two arrested after snacks looted from truck involved in deadly crash
Suspects, both, 20, are from southern Bedouin town of Hura
By ToI Staff
Illustrative - people look at a cargo ship that arrived at Ashdod port and was swept away to the shore following stormy weather in Ashdod, December 26, 2019. (Flash90)
December 28, 2022, 10:36 am
Crowds rush to loot goods from beached shipping containers
Opportunists in Ashkelon find thousands of items, including toys and pacifiers; one man snags a new fridge; ‘It’s a once-in-a-generation event,’ says witness
By Ash Obel
Shelby White at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the Lod Mosaic Archaeological Center in 2017. (Raanan Kislev, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 7, 2022, 2:10 pm
Looted artifacts worth millions said seized from US collector, a key donor to Israel
23 works held by philanthropist Shelby White noted in search warrants from June 2021, April 2022; some were returned to Italy and Turkey in recent months
By Michael Horovitz
Three men are detained for allegedly attempting to loot an archaeological site at Horbat Maaravim (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority's Robbery Prevention Unit)
November 17, 2022, 12:05 pm
3 arrested for attempt to loot archaeological site in south
Israel Antiquities Authority says men damaged site while they were searching for mythical hidden treasure in a well
By ToI Staff
The 1,500 year-old golden tiara, inlaid with precious stones, one of the world's most valuable artifacts from the blood-letting rule of Attila the Hun, is seen in a museum in Melitopol, Ukraine, in November 2020. (AP Photo)
October 9, 2022, 11:11 am
Industrial-scale Russian looting destroys Ukraine’s historical sites and artifacts
Priceless crown from bloody rule of Attila the Hun, snatched by Russian troops in February, among thousands of artifacts stolen or destroyed in what Ukraine deems a huge war crime
By HANNA ARHIROVA
Illustrative: An Israeli soldier is seen operating in the West Bank village of Teqoa, June 21, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 21, 2022, 12:11 pm
IDF soldier indicted for stealing Palestinians’ phone, cash during West Bank raid
Military says soldier sold device looted in Beit Ummar to third party, wiped correspondence with buyer from own phone
By Emanuel Fabian
Workers repair a damaged storefront on Fairfax Avenue on May 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Valerie Macon/AFP)
June 2, 2020, 9:15 pm
Jewish Free Loan Association offers LA residents immediate ‘looting loss loans’
City’s Jewish community hit particularly hard by racial justice protests following police killing of George Floyd
By JTA
The Coffin of Nedjemankh at a repatriation ceremony in New York, September 25, 2019. (Michael R. Sisak/AP)
September 26, 2019, 12:22 am
Met gives back looted ancient gold coffin to Egypt
Museum paid $4 million for Coffin of Nedjemankh in 2017, but investigators say institution given fraudulent documents, casket smuggled out of Middle East
By AP
Nir Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit inspector, with the pair of limestone funerary busts, which were discerned by a hiker after early December heavy rains in the Beit She'an region. (Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 30, 2018, 2:35 pm
Two rare 1,700-year-old funerary busts unearthed in Beit She’an cemetery
After a rain, a local hiker discerned an unusual object popping out of the ancient graveyard: the only two such limestone statues — unique to the region — ever found in situ
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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