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A Magen David Adom paramedic rides an emergency motorcycle on Jaffa Street in central Jerusalem, August 23, 2026. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 21, 2026, 10:12 pm
Palestinian found dead in Umm al-Fahm; 2 killed on roads over Yom Kippur
Illegal entrant from West Bank reportedly fell from height, declined treatment for fear of prosecution; emergency service treats over 3,300 people nationwide during 25-hour fast
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
The Department of Internal Police Investigations, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 18, 2026, 11:29 am
Police internal affairs questions border cop who shot, killed Arab man after car chase
Victim was reportedly unarmed; cop’s lawyer says he acted in self-defense; in separate case, ex-cop ordered to pay $117,000 after taking money from foreign worker who served as his community’s informal banker
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 9:27 am
Two men shot dead overnight in northern Arab towns; no arrests reported
Killings in Deir Hanna and Umm al-Fahm took place within two hours, according to first responders; watchdog reports at least 150 Arab homicide victims in 2026
By ToI Staff
Religious Zionism MK Zvi Sukkot speaks to reporters during an uncoordinated visit to schools in Umm al-Fahm, sparking protest from residents on June 28, 2026. (Screenshot/X)
June 28, 2026, 9:48 pm
Arab city strikes as far-right MK Sukkot stages visit, pitches Israeli flag
Schools shut in Umm al-Fahm as ultranationalist Knesset Education Committee chair tours city under heavy police guard in uncoordinated visit, angering locals
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
June 8, 2026, 11:37 am
2 Umm al-Fahm men shot and killed in apparently separate incidents in northern Arab towns
Ibrahim Agbaria killed in his own bakery in Kafr Qara during sirens warning of Iranian missle fire, 4 years after brother was shot dead; Wissam Jabareen killed in Musheirifia
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Officers block a road during a police raid in Ramle, October 1, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 17, 2026, 12:54 am
Two Arab men killed in separate shootings, following earlier homicide
Motorcyclist shot dead in Ramle identified as Marwan Abu Ghanem, 21; another man later shot in Musheirifa, in 70th homicide in Arab community this year, according to watchdog
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police work a crime scene in northern Israel on September 4, 2022. (Flash90)
March 15, 2026, 2:23 am
Man shot dead in Nazareth, latest victim of crime wave wracking Arab community
Unnamed victim aged about 30 declared dead at the scene, medics say; 25-year-old killed Friday identified as Ibrahim Mahameed, said shot in front of pregnant wife and small daughter
By ToI Staff
Oscar nominee Meyer Levinson-Blount, director of film short 'Butcher's Stain' about life in an Israeli supermarket post October 7 (Courtesy)
February 24, 2026, 8:18 pm
Meyer Levinson-Blount: Oscar nominee’s film ‘Butcher’s Stain’ reveals life post-Oct. 7
Tel Aviv film school student reflects on the themes of his movie and its connection to Israel’s Arab community
By Jessica Steinberg
Paramedics and police gather at the scene of a shooting that killed two men in Umm al-Fahm on February 16, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
February 16, 2026, 2:22 pm
Father and son shot dead, electrician killed hours later as Arabs reel from crime wave
Mayor laments ‘shocking’ double homicide on Umm al-Fahm’s outskirts before man from Tamra killed in unrelated shooting, taking this year’s death toll in Arab society to 51
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance drives through the streets of Haifa, northern Israel, on October 23, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 2:54 pm
Man killed, another wounded in shooting in northern town of Yarka
Car lot owner and his employee gunned down, reportedly by assailants on motorcycle; this year’s death toll in Arab Israeli community from violence rises to 24
By Charlie Summers
Scene of a fatal shooting in the Arab town of Kfar Kara, November 1, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
November 2, 2025, 12:07 pm
Man killed in Kafr Qara in suspected gangland shooting
Watchdog grouip says 215 members of Arab community slain since start of year amid ongoing homicide wave
By ToI Staff
View of the Arab-Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm on February 13, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
October 23, 2025, 8:24 am
Palestinian man illegally in Israel killed in suspected gang shooting
Victim gunned down in northern town Umm al-Fahm, identified as Mahmoud Issa Alfar, 31, from Tulkarem in the West Bank
By ToI Staff
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
Police at the scene where a car exploded as a result of a suspected assassination, in Tel Aviv, August 30, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 30, 2025, 10:16 pm
Man in his 70s shot dead in Umm al-Fahm; Tel Aviv car bomb wounds 4
Fursan Mahajna becomes 166th Arab Israeli slain in crime in 2025; police say suspect in Tel Aviv blast ‘very well-known to us,’ incident part of criminal feud
By ToI Staff
The village of Musheirifa, near Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, is seen in 2015. (Moataz1997 via Wikimedia Commons, under CC-SA 3.0 license, bit.ly/44ZOc8V)
July 27, 2025, 9:19 am
Woman found dead in village near Umm al-Fahm; 5 arrested
Local official related to deceased claims she was mentally ill, insists no foul play involved; body discovered in apartment in Musheirifa, to be sent for autopsy
By ToI Staff
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