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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

organized crime in Israel

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
Screen capture from video a burning minibus following an explosion in the vehicle at the Wolfson Interchange, May 27, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 27, 2024, 8:06 am
Man seriously hurt in minibus explosion that police say is tied to organized crime
Driver of vehicle, 60, suffers 2nd and 3rd degree burns to half his body when bomb goes off inside vehicle he was driving near the central city of Holon
By ToI Staff
Investigators at the scene of a fatal shooting in the coastal city of Ashdod, March 24, 2024. (Israel Police)
March 24, 2024, 12:57 pm
Woman shot dead, two people wounded in suspected Ashdod gangland hit
Purported criminal figure wounded in attack, as was a female relative — reportedly an IDF soldier — who tried to fire back at the gunman before he escaped
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
March 4, 2024, 8:07 am
Man shot dead in second homicide within hours in Arab Israeli town of I’billin
Police say shooting apparently linked to feuding gangs; watchdog reports 30 killed in Arab Israeli community since start of year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The scene of a fatal shooting in the northern Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm, February 25, 2024. (Israel Police)
February 25, 2024, 5:26 pm
Man shot dead, three others wounded in Umm Al-Fahm shooting
After rapid investigation and car chase, police arrest three suspects, seize two vehicles related to suspected murder of Anwar Alsheikh Zeid
By ToI Staff
Police arrive at the scene scene where Khaled Abu Juda was murdered, near Baqa al-Gharbiyye on Febraury 2, 2024. (Israel Police)
February 2, 2024, 8:39 pm
Head of Arab crime organization shot dead in north
Khaled Abu Juda was driving near Baqa al-Gharbiyye when he was cut off by car with three masked men who opened fire, preliminary probe finds; he is year’s 10th Arab victim of crime
By ToI Staff
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