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Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas speaks during a 40 signatures debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 22, 2026, 9:22 pm
MK Mansour Abbas’s son hit by car, seriously injured while riding electric bicycle
Mohammad Abbas, 15, son of Ra’am party chairman, suffers head injuries as he rides in hometown of Maghar in north
By Charlie Summers
Weapons found by Israeli forces following an attempted smuggling from Syria into Israel, in a handout photo issued on November 19, 2025. (Shin Bet)
November 19, 2025, 3:44 pm
5 IDF troops among 12 detained in gun-running bust on Syrian border
Shin Bet says soldiers crossed into Syria, brought weapons back into country; 3 Syrians involved in smuggling ring also nabbed by troops
By Emanuel Fabian
Warrant officer Ibrahim Kharuba (IDF)
April 24, 2024, 6:10 pm
Warrant Officer Ibrahim Kharuba, 39: ‘Fought until his last breath’
Killed while battling Hamas terrorists in the Nahal Oz IDF outpost on October 7
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir meets with Taibe Mayor Shuaa Masarwa Mansour at his home, in a video that was apparently leaked from the meeting, April 21, 2023. (Video screenshot)
April 22, 2023, 5:40 am
Ben Gvir said to record Taibe mayor without his knowledge, clip leaked to press
In video, minister tells mayor whose security guard was murdered hours earlier that ‘your friends’ — Arab lawmakers — are voting against necessary gun laws
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
April 21, 2023, 6:38 am
Security guard for mayor of central Arab-Israeli town shot dead outside official’s home
Member of security detail for Taibe Mayor Shuaa Masarwa Mansour killed by gunmen; police search for suspects
By ToI Staff
Lieutenant Colonel Safa Mohammed Izzeddin. (Defense Ministry)
July 21, 2022, 10:06 am
Senior IDF officer killed in traffic accident
Lt. Col. Safa Mohammed Izzeddin, of unit that coordinates with Palestinians, hit by car while crossing street in northern city of Maghar; driver detained for questioning
By ToI Staff
Rasha Sitawi. (Courtesy)
January 27, 2022, 12:52 pm
Man to be charged with executing woman in front of her child
Nidal Dagher suspected of shooting Rasha Sitawi in the head in contract killing, as she was helping 10-year-old daughter with homework
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
December 11, 2021, 11:36 am
2 men stabbed, seriously injured in northern Druze town of Maghar
25-year-old and 27-year-old hospitalized; no immediate comment from police on incident
By ToI Staff
Rasha Sitawi. (Courtesy)
November 25, 2021, 5:51 pm
Woman, 32, shot dead at home in northern town
Police say no arrests made yet in Maghar after shooting of Rasha Sitawi; at least 22 women killed in apparent homicides in Israel this year, 15 of them Arab
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, center, announcing that Maghar had become the first Druze city in Israel, October 26, 2021. (Twitter)
October 27, 2021, 11:16 am
Maghar becomes Israel’s first Druze city
Interior Minister Shaked makes announcement during meeting with leaders of Druze and Circassian local authorities; Ra’am party, whose chief lives there, claims he asked for change
By Stuart Winer
The scene in Arad where a man shot dead another man he says was trying to steal his car, November 29, 2020 (Screen grab/Walla)
November 29, 2020, 9:43 am
Suspect arrested for fatally shooting a man he says was trying to steal his car
Aryeh Schiff, 70, says he was aiming weapon at wheels of vehicle, didn’t intend to hit 36-year-old during incident in southern city of Arad
By ToI Staff
A view of Maghar village (CC-BY Sharif Askalla/Wikipedia)
July 17, 2017, 11:48 am
Mosques in slain policeman’s village targeted again
Stun grenade and gunshots reported at two houses of worship in Maghar, home to cop killed in Friday attack on Temple Mount
By Stuart Winer
A view of Maghar village (CC-BY Sharif Askalla/Wikipedia)
July 15, 2017, 1:17 pm
Stun grenade hurled at mosque in slain policeman’s hometown
Police suspect Facebook post by resident praising ‘martyrs’ who carried out Friday’s terror attack may have led to incident
By ToI Staff
Israeli Minister of Public Security Gilad Erdan speaks at the funeral of Israeli Druze police officer Kamil Shnaan in the northern village of Hurfeish, July 14, 2017. (Basel Awidat/Flash90). Inset: Master Sgt. Shnaan, left, and Master Sgt. Haeil Sitawe, right, the police officers killed in the terror attack next to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem on July 14, 2017. (Israel Police)
July 14, 2017, 7:12 pm
Families, friends mourn ‘beloved’ officers killed in Temple Mount attack
Haiel Sitawe, 30, was not supposed to be on patrol Friday, filled in for friend, police chief reveals at funeral; thousands attend funeral for Kamil Shnaan, 22, son of former Labor MK
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Master Sgt. Kamil Shnaan, left, and Master Sgt. Haiel Sitawe, right, the police officers killed in the terror attack next to the Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem on July 14, 2017. (Israel Police)
July 14, 2017, 12:48 pm
Haiel Sitawe, 30, and Kamil Shnaan, 22, named as officers slain at Temple Mount
Both cops were Israeli Druze; Sitawe leaves behind wife, three-week-old son; Shnaan is son of former Labor MK Shachiv Shnaan; funerals in their northern villages open to public
By Judah Ari Gross
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