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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Tira

Hashem Natur, 63 (left) and Iham Nasser, 25, who were killed in separate shootings on February 28, 2025. (Courtesy/Guy Yechiely/Israel Swimming Association)
March 1, 2025, 6:56 pm
Two men shot dead within hours in separate killings in central Arab cities
Victim of Friday shooting in Qalansawe was the father of a man killed in May 2023; relatives decry lack of police action, say they live in constant fear of violence
By Michael Horovitz
The scene of a Hezbollah rocket attack that targeted the central city of Tira, on November 2, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
November 2, 2024, 12:30 pm
11 hurt, three moderately, in overnight Hezbollah rocket attack on central Israel
IDF says Friday strikes killed two top members of terror group; Lebanon’s health ministry reports 52 dead, transport minister says Syrian border crossing forced shut
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the central Arab city of Tira, August 21, 2023. (Israel Police)
October 10, 2024, 12:21 pm
Man shot dead in a truck in Tira
In footage man seen jumping into victim’s moving car and shooting him; reports cite some 200 murders in Arab society in 2024
By ToI Staff
The scene of a car ramming attack in Kochav Yair, early on April 3, 2024 (video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 3, 2024, 9:57 am
4 police officers hurt in suspected terror ramming in central Israel; suspect killed
Attacker named as Waheb Sabita, 26, of Tira; family says it warned police he had suicidal intentions and had been diagnosed with ‘mental disorder’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Man shot dead in Beersheba after trying to steal police officer's weapon, February 5, 2024 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 5, 2024, 11:54 am
Man shot dead in Beersheba after trying to steal police officer’s weapon
Suspect may have been intoxicated at time of incident, which officials are not treating as an attempted terror attack
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli mourners attend the funeral of Abdel Rahman Kashua, the director-general of the Arab city of Tira who was gunned down this week, during his funeral on August 23, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 23, 2023, 6:46 pm
‘3 innocent people from my family were killed for no reason,’ says Abu Snan resident
On day of funerals of the victims of Tuesday’s brutal shooting, a community grapples with an apparently inexplicable tragedy
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Activists march with symbolic coffins denouncing violent crime in Arab communities on August 6, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 23, 2023, 7:49 am
Arab local officials are under threat, criminologist warns as violence skyrockets
With municipal elections approaching, a municipality director and a mayoral candidate have been shot to death. Researcher Badi Hasisi says violence is seeping into politics
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Main image: Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. Inset: One of the shooting's four victims, Ghazi Sa’ab, a candidate for the town's mayor. (Shir Torem/Flash90; Facebook; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
August 22, 2023, 7:07 pm
4 killed, including mayoral candidate, amid spiraling gun violence in Arab community
Ghazi Sa’ab of Abu Snan is the second local politician to be killed in as many days; PM urges Shin Bet involvement, vows ‘to defeat this criminality’ amid record homicides
By ToI Staff
Dr. Dalia Fadila receives Presidential Medal of Honor from President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, December 2022. (Screen grab)
August 5, 2023, 9:37 am
Visionary educator Dalia Fadila, Presidential Medal of Honor winner, drowns at 51
Groundbreaking founder of Arab educational and youth networks dies at Herzliya beach; last year Herzog said she built initiatives ‘in places where others had already given up’
By ToI Staff
The scene of a fatal shooting in the Arab-majority town of Fureidis, near Haifa, July 13, 2023. (Israel police)
July 14, 2023, 2:46 am
Man shot dead near Haifa, marking 6th killing in Arab community in under 2 days
Victim identified as Alaa Meri, 25, an aide to the head of the Fureidis local council; killing brings death toll from crime wave to over 120; police launch investigation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 2:57 pm
Man shot dead in Tira in the 5th killing in the Arab community in just over a day
Samar Nasser, 25, was reportedly not the intended target of the hit; MK Touma-Sliman: Far-right police minister Ben Gvir ‘doesn’t know how to do his job and has bad intentions’
By ToI Staff
Bottles of almond syrup allegedly used to smuggle cocaine into the country, June 10, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 11, 2023, 12:40 pm
Police bust drug ring smuggling large cocaine haul disguised as almond syrup
Some 140 liters of liquefied drug imported from South America, valued at tens of millions of shekels; suspects from Qalansawe, Tira, and northern villages arrested
By ToI Staff
Taiba residents Ayman Nasser (L) and Majed Yusef who were shot dead on November 26, 2022. (Courtesy)
November 27, 2022, 3:05 am
2 shot dead in Arab town in possible revenge attack for double homicide
Victims identified as Tira residents Majed Yusef and Ayman Nasser; police say four suspects arrested, weapon believed used in attack confiscated
By ToI Staff
The scene of a suspected double murder in Tira, November 25, 2022 (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 25, 2022, 1:22 am
Two young men found shot dead in car in Arab town of Tira
Police searching for suspects in the central city following latest murders in the Arab community
By ToI Staff
People run for cover as a gunman opens fire at a mourning gathering in the central Arab city of Kafr Qasim, July 22, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
July 23, 2022, 6:50 pm
Gunman opens fire at Kafr Qasim mourning event, injuring five
Violent incident comes shortly after apparently unrelated deadly shooting in nearby Arab city; minister calls attack an ‘attempted massacre’
By ToI Staff
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