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Security camera footage of a violent robbery of three boys eating in a restaurant in north Tel Aviv on April 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
Charlie Summers
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Charlie Summers
Rash of teen violence renews focus on south Tel Aviv gang linked to migrants’ kids
Robberies, assaults and more attributed to SSQ group, largely made up of children without legal status, underlining chronic complaints by locals; some see marginalization at fault
Security camera footage of a violent robbery of three boys eating in a restaurant in north Tel Aviv on April 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
May 12, 2026, 7:50 pm
Rash of teen violence renews focus on south Tel Aviv gang linked to migrants’ kids
Robberies, assaults and more attributed to SSQ group, largely made up of children without legal status, underlining chronic complaints by locals; some see marginalization at fault
By Charlie Summers
Two female IDF soldiers are rescued by police after being chased by a mob in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026. (Screenshots/David Keshet/X)
February 15, 2026, 8:18 pm
2 female soldiers attacked by rioting Haredi mob in Bnei Brak, rescued by police
Police nab 23 rioters after cop car flipped, motorcycle set alight; Tel Aviv police chief chides IDF for not clearing army visit with cops; IDF chief fumes that soldiers ‘cannot move freely’ in Israel
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
Far-right activist Mordechai David and other agitators block the vehicle of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, outside an event in Tel Aviv held by the Movement for Quality Government, January 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 2, 2026, 12:00 am
Police question right-wing agitator who blocked cars of former top justice, ex-PM
Mordechai David summoned to Tel Aviv police station after law enforcement said to vacillate on whether to interrogate him; he blames probe on ‘pressure from the left’
By ToI Staff
Hanan Abu Shehadeh, an Arab resident of Jaffa, recounts being attacked by three Jewish assailants on December 13, 2025, in an interview with the Arab48 news outlet on December 15, 2025. (Arab48/ Screenshot)
December 16, 2025, 1:13 am
Police arrest 3 suspects for attacking pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa over the weekend
Shin Bet said to be assisting in probe; rebuffing police, court frees all 15 demonstrators detained after march decrying attack, as Jaffa’s Arab community goes on strike
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Police carry out searches for the suspected perpetrator of a deadly shooting in Jaffa, November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
November 28, 2025, 11:18 am
Police arrest four Tel Aviv clubgoers after they threaten and try to bite cops
Police shutter club after incident, say disgruntled revelers on hip Rothschild Boulevard sought to obstruct officers called to the scene over brawl
By Charlie Summers
A man is detained by plainclothes police officers after standing silently in front of right-wing demonstrators at a protest in Tel Aviv on November 22, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
November 27, 2025, 10:16 am
Police forcefully arrest man standing near right-wing protest without clear cause
Plainclothes officers detain man as demonstrators praise them; police say he disobeyed officers’ orders, ‘reeked of alcohol’
By Charlie Summers
A view of the entrance to the Russian Compound detention center in Jerusalem, March 12. 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 31, 2025, 5:27 pm
Police say autistic Arab Israeli teen detained on suspicion of aiding Hamas, ISIS
14-year-old allegedly tried to manufacture explosives, sent sensitive videos to terror contacts; boy’s mother insists he is innocent, urges his release and psychiatric evaulation
By Charlie Summers
Police officers arrive to arrest a suspected pedophile on February 11, 2025. (Israel Police/Screenshot)
February 11, 2025, 1:53 pm
28 arrested over pedophilia after agents pose as underage girls online
Raids by Tel Aviv police come after two-month sting in which officers pretended to be 13-year-old girls on Instagram and WhatsApp
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Man stabbed on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2025. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 8, 2025, 5:48 pm
Man badly wounded in Tel Aviv stabbing following row over an electric scooter
Group of teens assault 37-year-old bargoer, a father of two, after arguing with him over a rentable e-scooter; attackers have not been apprehended
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative. A criminal in handcuffs. (Yakobchuk Olena/ iStock, by Getty Images)
September 11, 2024, 7:43 pm
Tel Aviv teen detained for using AI to create explicit photos of underage girls
Police say a laptop, cellphone and iPad were seized during the arrest; boy reportedly took pictures of girls and used AI to edit them onto images of naked women
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Gadi Kedem arrives to file a complaint at a police station in Tel Aviv on May 19, 2024, a day after being attacked during a demonstration. (Flash90)
May 19, 2024, 8:10 pm
Bereaved father grilled by cops after scrap with right-wing activist at hostage rally
Gadi Kedem, who had 6 family members murdered on October 7, seen in video fighting with man who reportedly said ‘it’s good that your children died’ before allegedly beating him
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Naama Lazimi attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset on December 18, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 10:01 pm
Report: Police seek to open probe of MK for taking part in highway-blocking protest
Labor lawmaker Naama Lazimi says investigation is ‘a warning light that should concern all of us,’ adding a message to Ben Gvir: ‘I’m not afraid of you’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators in Tel Aviv protest against the arrest of four prominent Arab Israeli leaders over plans to hold a protest against the Gaza war, November 9, 2023. (Screenshot Police Spokesperson's Department)
November 16, 2023, 6:54 pm
Police agree to Tel Aviv protest calling for ceasefire following High Court hearing
A petition by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel argued that the rights of freedom of expression and protest must be upheld during the current war
By Jeremy Sharon
Police at the scene where a man was wounded in a shooting incident in central Tel Aviv, August 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 27, 2023, 6:37 pm
Man shot in broad daylight on street in Tel Aviv
Police arrest suspect minutes later, say incident not terror-related, as crime wave continues to plague nation
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen during a meeting with police officers from the Yasam riot control unit, in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 11:56 pm
Ben Gvir: Probes into alleged police brutality are attempt to ‘threaten’ cops
‘You are our heroes,’ minister tells under-fire Yasam cops, says he has seen no excessive use of force by officers; state attorney rejects ‘effort to besmirch’ PIID investigators
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
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