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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
Illustrative: A Superbus driver waits for passengers at the entrance to Jerusalem, August 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 1:30 pm
Teenagers allegedly beat an Arab bus driver unconscious overnight in Jerusalem
Driver says he lost four of his teeth in attack, passed out and awoke to ‘faces full of hate’; police launch probe amid spate of similar attacks on Arab bus drivers in capital
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Muslim worshippers pass through a checkpoint as Israeli police deploy in the Old City of Jerusalem ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, February 27, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 28, 2025, 8:00 am
Palestinians and Israelis brace for escalation on eve of ‘somber and tense’ Ramadan
Security personnel and Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem prepare for the holy month amid Israel’s tenuous ceasefire with Hamas and ongoing operations in the West Bank
By Ariela Karmel
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly explosion, believed to be connected to an ongoing feud between crime families, in the central Israel city of Ramle, September 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
October 30, 2024, 11:25 am
NGO head says Israeli racism and neglect responsible for Arab sector’s high murder rate
With 2024 on path to become the deadliest year on record for Arab Israelis, Abraham Initiatives co-director Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu points to National Security Minister Ben Gvir
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a double murder in Isfiya, northern Israel, April 13, 2024. (Israel Police)
May 13, 2024, 1:16 am
25-year-old man shot dead in northern Druze-majority town of Isfiya
Victim identified as Omri Fero, reportedly shot by two assailants while sitting in a car, as part of a turf war between rival crime families
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene where five family members were shot to death in the Northern Israeli Bedouin town of Basmat Tab’un, September 27, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
September 30, 2023, 9:24 pm
Arab man shot and killed in north, community’s 11th murder this week
Rambam Medical Center declares man in his 40s dead, raising yearly tally to 191
By ToI Staff
A Clalit clinic in Herzliya. (Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
August 27, 2023, 6:48 pm
Clalit Health Services teams with private security outfit to protect medical staff
With 1,000 violent incidents in its clinics so far this year, Israel’s largest HMO looks for solutions to protect its workers from attacks by patients and their families
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Majid Dais, 18, a resident of the West Bank town of Yata, who was stabbed to death in the southern town of Lakiya, August 23, 2023. (social media)
August 23, 2023, 8:05 am
Palestinian stabbed to death in south, amid wave of homicides
18-year-old brought to police station by father, taken by ambulance to hospital where he is declared dead
By Michael Horovitz
Police at the scene of a shooting where a man in his 30s was moderately wounded, in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 22, 2023, 2:47 pm
Man moderately hurt in apparent underworld shooting in Jerusalem
Paramedics take victim to hospital; police say assailant fired shot, fled on motorbike
By Michael Horovitz
Illlustrative: Parademics from Magen David Adom respond to a deadly shooting in Lod on Saturday night, July 9, 2022 where a 60-year-old man was killed and a woman and child were injured. (MDA)
August 19, 2023, 10:53 pm
150 Arab victims of violence since start of 2023: Two men shot dead in latest killings
Man slain in Lod, with mother lightly injured; another killed in Tuba-Zangariyye; Friday saw two more killings
By ToI Staff
People sit alongside the Bat Yam promenade on March 4, 2017. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
June 19, 2023, 11:22 am
Lifeguard under heavy police protection after shooting alleged criminal
Witnesses support lifeguard’s claim he fired at Dudu Abergil in self-defense, seriously wounding him
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
May 28, 2023, 1:47 am
Boy, 12, allegedly stabbed by twin during fight at Jaffa home
Injured child taken to hospital in moderate and stable condition; brother arrested by police as suspect
By ToI Staff
A man, right, snatches the covering off the microphone of Channel 13 reporter Talya Cohen before pepper spraying the team of journalists, in Tel Aviv, May 10, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 10, 2023, 5:20 pm
TV news crew attacked in Tel Aviv as right wing fumes over Gaza coverage
Union of Journalists condemns latest in series of assaults against Channel 13 staff, links it to incitement following onscreen text appearing to blame PM for civilian deaths
By ToI Staff
Rahat Mayor Atta Abu Mdeighem speaks at a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya on January 5, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 12, 2023, 3:51 am
3 arrested in Rahat, including mayor’s sons, for illegal possession of firearms
Mayor Ata Abu Madighem claims pistols, magazines, ammunition found at his home were planted there by rivals to frame his 2 sons
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center workers protest following recent violence attacks on the staff, May 19, 2022. Poster reads 'Strike! Stop the violence in the health system.' (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 23, 2023, 9:50 am
Public health system strikes in protest of violence against medical staff
Hospitals, clinics and HMOs operate on weekend schedule with reduced services for 24 hours as union demands measures to keep health care workers safe from assault
By ToI Staff
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