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National Guard fighters and other Border Police forces stand at the entrance to the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, which has been closed off with cinderblocks, on December 31, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2026, 11:09 pm
Crime rampant in the Negev, police understaffed, governance broken down — comptroller
Englman also finds protection rackets rampant, lawlessness on the roads; tells Netanyahu he needs to step in; Ben Gvir, the police minister, calls report ‘twisted’
By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
Police raid the southern Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana on December 29, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 30, 2025, 12:59 am
Heavily armed police stage large-scale raid on Bedouin town after days of clashes
Residents of Tarabin report stun grenades thrown into homes, tear gas fired at mosque: ‘It feels like Tulkarem here’; police say 16 wanted suspects arrested, IDF ammunition seized
By Charlie Summers
Ariel Tzafrir (Facebook)
September 6, 2020, 8:51 am
Court remands 4 organizers in custody after soldier, 19, dies at illegal rave
Organizers are suspected of causing death by negligence, obstructing an investigation and operating a business without a license
By ToI Staff
Ariel Tzafrir (Facebook)
September 5, 2020, 6:53 pm
Police launch internal probe following death of 19-year-old at outdoor rave
Southern District commander orders force to look into its conduct, after preliminary investigation finds officers had received calls about party where Ariel Yoav Tzafrir collapsed
By ToI Staff
The mother of Layla Ghandour holds her at the morgue of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on May 15, 2018. (AFP / MAHMUD HAMS)
June 21, 2018, 12:56 pm
Hamas paid family to claim Gaza baby was killed by Israeli tear gas, says cousin
Mahmoud Omar, arrested by Israel for terror-related offenses, tells interrogators his relatives lied: 8-month-old Layla actually died from fatal blood condition that runs in family
By Jacob Magid
File: Police arrest a group of 22 Palestinians who were living in Israel illegally near the Besor Stream national park on March 10, 2016. (Israel Police)
July 6, 2016, 10:49 pm
Cops arrest 500 unauthorized Palestinian workers in southern Israel
In crackdown on West Bank residents entering Israel illegally, Southern District Police shutters factories, confiscates vehicles
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of Beersheba Police. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
January 31, 2016, 6:50 am
Four cars torched overnight in Beersheba
Police hunt for suspected arsonist as firefighters douse flaming vehicles in Darom neighborhood
By ToI Staff
Southern District police chief Yoram Halevy speaks to Border Police officers in a graduation ceremony in 2012 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 6, 2016, 6:32 pm
Yoram Halevy returns home to Jerusalem, as new police chief
As part of a new shake-up, the current Southern District commander will take over from Moshe Edri, who moves to Tel Aviv
By Judah Ari Gross
Shalom Domrani seen in a Rishon Letzion court in August, 2011. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
October 6, 2015, 9:52 am
Mob boss said arrested in large gangland sweep
Shalom Domrani among nearly 30 suspects rounded up as police raid southern crime ring accused of murder, other crimes
By Stuart Winer
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