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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

organized crime in Israel

Scene of a deadly shooting at Jaffa Port on May 19, 2025. (Israel Police)
May 20, 2025, 11:18 am
Man shot dead in Jaffa Port in suspected crime feud
Muhammad Sgahafi, 26, dies of wounds in hospital; another person moderately hurt; watchdog says violent death toll in Arab community since start of year is 94
By ToI Staff
Police officers at the scene of a deadly shootout with organized crime suspects in the northern Arab Israeli village of Iksal, April 26, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 27, 2025, 10:36 am
Two suspects killed, police officer seriously wounded in shootout in north
Third suspect seriously hurt after officers intercept trio in village of Iksal; group reportedly heading to kill member of rival crime family; separately, man shot dead in south
By ToI Staff
A suspect arrested in connection with a gunfight between rival criminal gangs on the streets of Afula, April 4, 2025. (Israel Police).
April 6, 2025, 11:36 am
Police arrest 6 over gangland shootout in Afula that some mistook for terror assault
One resident of northern city says they sat in bomb shelter for an hour, fearing what was happening outside as gunmen roamed streets firing at each other, causing no injuries
By Charlie Summers
The scene of a fatal shooting in Jaffa linked to the criminal underworld , March 10, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 10, 2025, 12:12 pm
Man shot dead in Jaffa overnight, another injured
Victim, 21, was resident of Holon; second person, 19, suffers light injuries from gunfire
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene where a car exploded as a result of a suspected bombing, on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 7:19 pm
Former Bat Yam mayor injured in suspected car bombing while driving through Tel Aviv
Shlomo Lahiani, man in another car lightly injured when blast goes off as ex-municipal chief heads along Ayalon highway; police rule out terrorism, suspect criminal attack
By ToI Staff
Scene of a fatal car explosion in Petah Tikva, November 18, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
November 18, 2024, 12:28 pm
Man killed in Petah Tikva car explosion in suspected organized crime hit
Second person in vehicle moderately injured in blast as wave of violent crime continues; man shot Sunday in Ramat Gan dies of injuries
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a car bomb where a man was injured in Kiryat Malachi, September 23, 2024. (Israel Police)
September 23, 2024, 3:53 pm
Man seriously hurt in car blast in south; police nab 3 suspects
Police say attack motivated by criminal dispute; semiconscious victim taken to hospital in Ashdod
By Michael Horovitz
Sigal Bar Zvi, head of community policing in Israel. (courtesy of Israel Police)
September 19, 2024, 6:35 pm
In parting shot, senior cop warns self-serving leaders are letting criminals run riot
Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi assails decision-makers who serve political interests, as well as too-lenient courts and laws that overly protect individual rights
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen in Jerusalem, March 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 12:26 pm
Man injured near Haifa in car explosion tied to criminal underworld
Victim suffers light to moderate injuries on Route 22, in third such blast linked to feuding gangs within a week
By ToI Staff
Police officers at the scene of a car bomb killing in Ramle, September 5, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 2:50 pm
Man killed in car explosion near Ramle school, motive believed criminal feud
Paramedics declare victim dead at scene; mayor calls on police minister Ben Gvir to do more, involve Shin Bet in combating spiraling crime
By ToI Staff
A Matador shoulder-mounted launcher and boxed ammo rounds in a trunk, in a photo released by police on February 18, 2024. (Israel Police)
August 4, 2024, 4:54 pm
Report: Terror groups trying to use Arab Israeli crime gangs to carry out attacks
Ministers told that weapons pilfered from Gaza war are making their way into Arab community and posing a serious threat to national security
By ToI Staff
A car is seen in flames in Petah Tikva, after an explosion that police are investigating as a criminal incident, July 18, 2024. (Screen capture via Channel 14; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 18, 2024, 11:16 pm
Car explosion in Petah Tikva wounds two in suspected criminal hit
Police suspect blast was intended to kill third person who’d left the vehicle and was unharmed; bomb disposal personnel remove ‘surviving parts of weaponry’ from car
By ToI Staff
Police and medical personnel at the scene investigate the murder of a woman in her 30's that was shot dead, in Lod, July 26, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 1, 2024, 9:33 am
Man found shot dead in Pardes Hanna in suspected gang killing
Unidentified man, around 30 years old, discovered near cemetery; MDA paramedics pronounce him dead at the scene
By ToI Staff
Otzma Yehudit MK Zvika Fogel leads the Knesset's National Security Committee meeting, in Jerusalem, February 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2024, 4:11 am
Hardline MKs push bill to allow curbs on movement, speech based on ‘confidential intel’
Backers say legislation equips police with tools to fight organized crime; expert warns it risks ‘harsh infringements of very basic human rights’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A police car at a crime scene in Ofakim, southern Israel, June 10, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 15, 2024, 10:42 am
Two young men shot to death in northern Arab town
Police investigating possible gangland connection; Lod storeowner in his early 20s dies from bullet wounds, bringing toll in Arab community violence this year to 96
By ToI Staff
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