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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

violent crime in Israel

Paramedics arrive to the scene of a shooting which left one woman dead and another critically injured in Lod on July 12, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
July 13, 2025, 8:42 am
Woman killed, another critically hurt in shooting at home in Lod
Police say five arrested in connection with attack, investigated as feud between clans as crime wave persists
By Charlie Summers
Sarah Richardson. (Courtesy)
June 30, 2025, 10:22 pm
Man charged with killing his mother, the daughter of famed Noahide archaeologist
State prosecutors accuse Joel Richardson, 37, of fatally smothering and choking his mom, Sarah, then trying to hide the evidence
By Charlie Summers
A man suspected of murdering his 80-year-old mother barricades himself on the roof of an apartment building in Rehovot on June 12, 2025. (Screenshot/Ynet)
June 12, 2025, 3:50 pm
Man suspected of murdering mother jumps to his death from roof after police standoff
Second murder-suicide of its kind within a month as number of female murder victims surpasses 2024 total; suspect reportedly ascended to roof after calling police and paramedics
By Charlie Summers
Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a fatal stabbing in Netanya on June 5, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
June 5, 2025, 10:01 pm
Sudanese national killed in Netanya brawl amid unrelenting crime wave
Suspect, also a Sudanese national, arrested at the scene of the fatal stabbing, which was the third violent murder in Israel within a matter of hours
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (lunopark/Shutterstock.com)
June 4, 2025, 7:00 am
Daughter of famed Noahide archaeologist found dead in her home; son suspected killer
73-year-old Sarah Richardson moved to Israel with her father, later converted to Judaism; police find son digging in yard, suspect he was trying to bury mother, hide evidence
By Charlie Summers
June 1, 2025, 3:12 pm
Mother and young son found dead in Modiin house fire; police suspect murder-suicide
First responders find the two unconscious in locked apartment with a rag placed under the door; police suspect woman lit fire, then stabbed herself after killing her son
By Charlie Summers
Jewish and Arab residents of Jerusalem gather near San Simon Park to mourn Fouad Alian, who was killed in the area on May 22, photo taken May 30, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2025, 9:25 pm
Jerusalem residents mourn Arab parkgoer killed in ramming, demand police action
Family of deceased say Fouad Alian was killed in nationalist murder, his ‘only crime’ was being Arab; custody of prime suspect in hit-and-run extended until Tuesday
By Charlie Summers
The motorcycle of Fouad Alian, an East Jerusalem Palestinian, after he was killed in a suspected nationalist hit-and-run on May 22, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
May 29, 2025, 5:28 pm
Suspect in killing of Arab parkgoer to remain in custody, Jerusalem judge rules
Jewish suspect’s remand extended after he fatally rammed Fouad Alian with his car; slain man’s family calls killing a nationalist murder
By Charlie Summers
Tel Aviv police chief Haim Sargrof, left, and other senior cops at the scene of a suspected deadly robbery in Tel Aviv on May 27, 2025. (Police Spokesperson)
May 27, 2025, 10:14 am
Elderly man killed in apparent Tel Aviv mugging
Eritrean national arrested after allegedly striking the victim with a rock as he stole his phone
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at a crime scene in Abu Snan in northern Israel, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90/File)
May 25, 2025, 9:39 pm
Couple found dead in northern Israel after suspected murder-suicide
Police suspect man, 67, shot his 54-year-old wife and then turned the gun on himself
By Charlie Summers
Yousef Awad Abu Rqayiq (X; used in accordance with clause 27a of thecopyright law)
May 10, 2025, 6:43 am
8-year-old killed, several others hurt in shooting on Bedouin wedding convoy in south
18 arrested as cops suspect boy targeted in what police say was a revenge attack related to ongoing feud; separately, man shot dead at barbershop in central Arab town
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (lunopark/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2025, 11:27 am
Man shot dead while on way to work in northern Arab town
Nour al-Din Abdelqader, 27, declared dead by paramedics at scene; Arab community death toll reaches 54 since start of year
By Charlie Summers
Ahmad Nuseir Zahalka (left) and Khaled Jamal Ghanem, who were shot dead in separate incidents in northern Israel, March 9, 2025. (Courtesy)
March 9, 2025, 11:48 am
Two men killed in separate shooting incidents overnight in Arab towns
One man shot dead at cafe in Zemer, another while driving to work, raising community’s 2025 death toll to 50
By Charlie Summers
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
Paramedics in Ramle take a shooting victim to a nearby hospital on February 25, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
February 26, 2025, 6:45 pm
Three people shot dead in two separate incidents overnight in Ramle, Nazareth
Nazareth shooting victim’s two brothers were also killed in past incidents, connected to dispute between rival crime families; 45 Arab Israeli murder victims since start of 2025
By Charlie Summers
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