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Mourners gather next to the grave of Ahmad al-Naami, a 50-year-old man killed by Border Police gunfire, during his funeral on May 10, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2026, 10:30 pm
Mourning IDF veteran slain by police, alienated Bedouin say community souring on state
A once positive relationship between community and cops has been replaced by deep distrust of Border Police, with younger Bedouin showing signs of deepening estrangement from Jewish state amid claims of worsening discrimination
By Charlie Summers
Ahmad Said al-Na'ami, a 50-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Border Police officer in the southern city of Rahat, on May 9, 2026. (Facebook)
May 10, 2026, 3:09 am
Border Police fatally shoot unarmed Bedouin man in Rahat, say it was in self-defense
Police claim reservist officers feared for their lives because the man, an IDF veteran, ‘forcefully’ resisted arrest; suspected officer barred from police facilities for two weeks
By Charlie Summers
Police arrest a suspect as part of an investigation into alleged identity fraud by a Palestinian couple from the West Bank on April 29, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 29, 2026, 4:16 pm
Palestinian couple nabbed on suspicion of living under fake Israeli identity for 20 years
Pair lived double life between West Bank and Rahat after allegedly purchasing Arab Israeli woman’s ID; police say case is longest-lasting identity fraud in Israel’s history
By Charlie Summers
Sabrin al-Ataiqah (left) and Ahmad Issa (right), Arab citizens of Israel who were shot and killed, amid a surging crime wave in Arab society, on April 20, 2026. (Facebook)
April 21, 2026, 1:29 pm
Two Arab citizens, including young mother, killed in separate shootings
Police nab brother of 27-year-old woman in south after paramedics find her with gunshot wound to the head; hours later, man killed in Kafr Qasim in suspected ‘blood feud’
By Charlie Summers
Trucks transporting humanitarian aid wait to enter through the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 19, 2026.(Amr Adel/AFP)
April 10, 2026, 4:35 pm
Charges filed against Rahat man for smuggling goods into Gaza during war
Two IDF officers are also being investigated for trafficking cartons of cigarettes, along with other items, in move prosecutors say aided Hamas
By ToI Staff
Scene of a fatal shooting in the coastal city of Herzliya, April 2, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 3, 2026, 8:52 am
Man shot dead in Herzliya, another in Rahat, in third killing in town in a week
Death toll in the Arab community rises to 78 since the start of the year amid unrelenting series of gangland killings
By ToI Staff
A car is damaged after exploding on Route 65, close to the northern Arab town of Ar'ara, January 23, 2026. (Screen capture: X/Asslan Khalil)
January 24, 2026, 12:26 am
Three hurt in car explosion near northern Arab town; police suspect criminal motive
Three women hospitalized with moderate and light wounds after blast outside Ar’ara; separately, two men stabbed during brawl in southern Bedouin town of Rahat
By ToI Staff
View of Gilboa Prison, near the Jordan Valley, December 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 9:27 pm
Arab Israeli security inmate found dead, prison service declines to disclose cause
Arabic outlets identify inmate as Hassan Issa Alkshalaa from southern Bedouin city of Rahat, who had been jailed for 13 months, supposedly for online incitement
By Charlie Summers
Police and Border Police officers operating in the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, as part of a days-long crackdown in the southern village on December 30, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 30, 2025, 10:50 pm
Ben Gvir gives pep talk to cops in Tarabin al-Sana as raid on Bedouin town persists
National Guard force assumes responsibility for ongoing operation as locals bemoan ‘thuggery’ by cops; police said to arrest minors for stone-throwing without informing parents
By Charlie Summers
Police arrest three Gazans who had been residing in the southern city of Rahat, announcing the arrest on December 20, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 21, 2025, 2:31 pm
Police nab 3 Gazans, say they invaded Israel on Oct. 7; security sources say they didn’t
Security sources say detained Gazans arrived in Israel on valid work permits prior to Hamas attack, contradicting police claims; trio taken to Sde Teiman for interrogation
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Weapons recovered by IDF troops from the West Bank's Tulkarem camp, January 19, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 27, 2025, 3:26 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Hamas plot to smuggle arms into West Bank using Israelis
Residents of Kafr Qasim and Rahat arrested on suspicion of working for Israeli man in Turkey who was operating on behalf of the Palestinian terror group
By Emanuel Fabian
Abdallah Abu Madigham, 17 (left) and Ashraf Abu Madigham, 30 (right) who were both killed in a shooting in Rahat, southern Israel on November 20, 2025. (Facebook)
November 21, 2025, 12:43 am
Teenage boy, man killed in Rahat double homicide; police arrest two suspects
Law enforcement suspects shooter spurred on by romantic dispute between cousins after he opens fire on family members, striking 5 outside shopping center in southern Bedouin city
By Charlie Summers
Weapons and ammunition seized by police forces in Rahat following the fatal shooting of a young man in the city on October 4, 2025. (Israel Police)
October 5, 2025, 2:20 pm
Police arrest 3 suspects in Rahat revenge killing after weekend of violence
Young man killed, another injured in shooting hours after doctor is ambushed by gunmen in separate blood feud; police urge mayor to quell revenge killings
By Charlie Summers
The scene where a woman was found shot dead outside the Bedouin town of Rahat, September 4, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
September 4, 2025, 3:19 pm
Woman shot dead near Rahat; police suspect family member
Gigi El-Hazil, 27, found fatally wounded on outskirts of southern Bedouin town, in eighth homicide within a week, 173th in Arab community this year
By Charlie Summers
Youssef Ziyadne (left) and his son Hamza Ziyadne (Courtesy)
July 12, 2025, 9:43 pm
Youssef and Hamza Ziyadne, 53 & 22: Father and son dairy farmers
Kidnapped from Kibbutz Holit on October 7, 2023, and slain in captivity, their bodies recovered in January 2025
By ToI Staff
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