March 2022 Beersheba terror attack

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks during a press conference in Ashdod port, southern Israel, on April 6, 2022. (Flash90)

May 11, 2022, 3:03 pm

Merav Michaeli sues right-wing pundit over tweet on Beersheba terror attack

Transportation minister seeks NIS 300,000 in damages over March comment by Channel 14’s Shimon Riklin suggesting she mourned the death of a terrorist

By TOI staff

A screen grab from an undated video in which the two terrorists who killed four Israelis in Hadera on March 27, 2022, swear allegiance to the Islamic State terror group (Screen grab)

April 17, 2022, 11:31 pm

Islamic State calls on supporters in Israel to launch more terror attacks

In Ramadan speech, spokesman for jihadist group criticizes ‘secular terrorists’ of Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says Jerusalem can only be liberated by return of caliphate

By TOI staff and AFP

Defense Minister Benny Gantz gives a press conference at IDF Central Command headquarters, on March 30, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

April 7, 2022, 2:52 pm

Gantz approves administrative detention for Islamic State suspect from Nazareth

Move follows Bennett’s order to use controversial practice of holding suspects without trial as part of efforts to prevent further terror attacks, after spate of deadly assaults

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives at the Beit El army headquarters in the West Bank, on April 5, 2022. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

April 5, 2022, 7:56 pm

Bennett says security forces recently foiled more than 15 terrorist attacks

In visit to West Bank army base, prime minister says string of recent deadly attacks must serve as a ‘wake-up call’ for officials to correct past mistakes

By TOI staff

Members of the Zaka voluntary organization are seen at the scene of an attack in Hadera, March 27, 2022 (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

April 5, 2022, 3:19 pm

Police ask Gantz not to return terrorists’ bodies; Shin Bet, IDF disagree – report

Remains of 5 attackers are still in Israeli custody; officials concerned about legal ramifications of not allowing burial of terrorists who were Israeli citizens

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Ministers and MKs attend a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 31, 2022, 9:45 am

Knesset to convene for emergency session next week on terror attacks

Gantz vows to ‘flood the streets’ with thousands of IDF reservists if needed; Netanyahu suggests government can’t fight terror because of coalition’s Ra’am party

By TOI staff

Israeli security forces and emergency personnel at the scene of a terrorist attack on March 28, 2022, in Bnei Brak in which five people were killed. (Jack Guez / AFP)

March 30, 2022, 4:13 pm

Defeating the new terror wave: The challenge, the temptation, the precedent

With 11 people killed in three attacks in eight days, the fear is that Israel is facing a fresh, intifada-style onslaught. It isn’t… at least, not yet

By David Horovitz

MK Itamar Ben Gvir in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on January 20, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 28, 2022, 11:42 pm

Amid terror, tensions, Ben Gvir aims to visit Temple Mount on Thursday

Police chief yet to decide whether to allow far-right MK into holy site, with situational assessment to be held

By TOI staff

Public Security Minister Omer Barlev at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, March 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

March 25, 2022, 2:51 pm

Police minister under fire again for making light of flub at terror victim’s funeral

After apologizing for accidentally vowing to bring slain terrorist to justice, Barlev seems to joke about mistake in tweet with winking face emoji, then reportedly fires spokesman

By TOI staff

Hila Avisror, one of the two wounded in the fatal terror attack that occurred in Beersheba on March 22, 2022. (Soroka Medical Center's Spokesperson)

March 25, 2022, 1:15 am

‘A bad look in his eyes’: Beersheba terror victim recounts attack from hospital bed

Husbands of Laura Yitzhak and Doris Yahbas, who were killed in the attack, describe hearing the news; police bolster forces, make arrests ahead of Ramadan

By TOI staff

March 24, 2022, 8:06 pm

Beersheba stabbing victim’s family asks that video showing her death be taken down

Laura Yitzhak was one of four fatalities in the terror attack; ‘help me rebuild from these ruins,’ her husband says in Facebook post

By TOI staff

A slogan reading 'Jews will not be silent when we are murdered' is grafittied on a wall near a mosque that was slightly damaged in an apparent arson attempt, in the West Bank town of Jamma'in, March 24, 2022. (Courtesy)

March 24, 2022, 4:14 pm

In suspected hate crime, vandals attempt to set fire to West Bank mosque

Graffiti on wall in Jamma’in reads, ‘Jews won’t be silent when we are murdered’; cars vandalized in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah; suspects break car windows in Mukhmas

By Emanuel Fabian

Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an. (Courtesy)

March 24, 2022, 9:09 am

Shin Bet reportedly tracked Beersheba terrorist, did not detect signs of attack plan

Security service said to have believed that Mohammad Ghaleb Abu al-Qi’an, who served time for trying to join IS, had moderated his views

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 14, 2022. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOLFlash90)

March 23, 2022, 10:44 pm

Bennett says civilians who shot terrorist ‘deserve medal’; holds meet on Arab crime

Day after 4 Israelis killed in Beersheba, police hold situational assessments amid fears of further attacks

By TOI staff

Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, on March 11, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

March 23, 2022, 6:00 pm

Ukraine envoy: Anyone seeking peace should condemn brutal murders in Beersheba

Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk calls stabbing that killed four a ‘despicable act of pure terrorism,’ extends condolences to bereaved families

By TOI staff