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An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 13, 2026, 11:18 am
Man shot dead in Umm al-Fahm, another in southern Bedouin town, in separate incidents
Nimer Jabareen, 20, identified as 185th victim of violence in Arab community this year; Yassin A-Shawi, 23, killed in Segev Shalom, after weekend murder in Bedouin city of Rahat
By ToI Staff and Noam Lehmann
Left: President Isaac Herzog speaks to the media during a visit to the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on October 7, 2026. Right: B'Yachad party #2 Yair Lapid speaks at the "Law and Lies" conference on October 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90, Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
October 12, 2026, 3:22 pm
Herzog: I’ll work to set up ‘stable’ government, Israel must avoid repeat elections
President warns against having to return to the polls, at a time when ‘national challenges are enormous’; Lapid vows no partnership with Netanyahu, slams ‘fake’ unity governments of the past
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog visits the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division headquarters near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, September 30, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 2:48 pm
Herzog says Israel needs bigger police force to stop violent crime, settler attacks
President says officers doing their best, but can’t match scale of the problem, lamenting that Arab Israelis ‘live in terror’ amid crime wave, violence in West Bank a ‘moral stain’
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of an apparent criminal assassination attempt in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem, October 6, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
October 6, 2026, 12:19 pm
Mob boss said injured in Jerusalem car bombing, along with his 13-year-old son
Media names target of blast as criminal Itzik Bar Muha, 58; reports say he was taking his son to school when bomb went off in Armon Hanatziv neighborhood
By ToI Staff
Yoav Segalovitz, at a press conference announcing a joint Knesset run with Ra'am, in Nazareth. August 31, 2026. (Michael Giladi/FLASH90)
October 5, 2026, 11:48 am
Gunfire pierces the air as Ra’am’s Segalovitz speaks to locals in Rahat
Former top police officer says random gunfire ‘cannot be allowed in a proper country,’ decries ‘serious failure’ of government that has ‘abandoned’ citizen’s security
By ToI Staff
Left to Right: Yahya Bassimi (20) and brothers Qassem Odeh (20) and Zain Odeh (16), who were found dead inside a burnt vehicle outside the Arab town of Baqa al-Gharbiya in a suspected murder on September 13, 2026 (Social media)
September 13, 2026, 9:03 am
Three bodies found in back seat of burned car near Baqa al-Gharbiya in suspected murder
Investigators reportedly believe the victims, one of whom was 16 years old, were killed before the vehicle was torched; no arrests so far
By ToI Staff
Israel Police officers operate in Nazareth amid raids targeting organized crime, September 2-4, 2026. (Israel Police)
September 4, 2026, 12:52 pm
Cops raid Nazareth after 4 murdered in 24 hours, arrest 30 over alleged gangland killings
Police seize weapons, ammunition in two nights of operations against gang-linked compounds in northern city; Mahmoud Biatra, 30, is 172nd Arab Israeli homicide victim of 2026
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car in Herzliya, August 15, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
September 3, 2026, 3:37 am
Three killed in two separate Nazareth shootings, as crime wave rocks Arab community
Two men in their 30s killed by shots fired at car; three hours later a 27-year-old is also shot dead; police searching for suspects
By Noam Lehmann
The scene where a man was killed in Jaffa on August 30, 2026 (Magen David Adom)
August 30, 2026, 12:14 pm
Man killed, another seriously hurt in adjacent shootings minutes apart in Jaffa
Muhammad Katwan, 30, from Jaljulia, identified as victim of fatal shooting; other victim taken to nearby Wolfson hospital
By ToI Staff
Yanis Yushvaev, who was shot dead near Caesarea on August 23, 2026, in an undated photo shared on social media. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 23, 2026, 10:42 pm
Crime boss shot dead in broad daylight at Caesarea gas station
Footage shows gunman opening fire at point-blank range; Or Akiva businessman had repeatedly been arrested over suspected violent crimes, but never convicted
By Noam Lehmann
Israeli police patrol a street in East Jerusalem’s predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan on August 23, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
August 23, 2026, 9:47 am
3 killed in East Jerusalem shootings, 2 by cops, amid apparent family dispute
Chaos erupts in Silwan after initial shooting leaves 1 dead, another critically injured; family members reportedly attack homes with Molotov cocktails, are shot dead by police
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern Arab town of Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (FLASH90)
August 12, 2026, 10:08 am
Man shot dead in northern Arab city near Haifa
Reports say man of about 60 shot at point-blank range inside his car in Shfaram; police said to probe connection to longstanding blood feud between families in the area
By ToI Staff
Agam Tsarafi, left, and Shilat Houta, right, suspects in the July murder of Benayahu Razi in Jerusalem, and Linor Sasson, suspected in aiding them, are brought to a court hearing at the Jerusalem District Court, August 7, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
August 7, 2026, 2:27 pm
Six, including four minors, charged with murdering teen in a Jerusalem Airbnb
Defendants allegedly assaulted Benayahu Razi and his friend with knives, brass knuckles, a club and a kitchen mallet; cops say one defendant was romantically involved with victim
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Benayahu Razi, a 19-year-old resident of Jerusalem who was found stabbed to death in a rental apartment in the city's Nachlaot neighborhood on July 11, 2026. (Facebook)
July 23, 2026, 3:00 pm
Two teens arrested in connection with deadly Jerusalem stabbing
16-year-old sister of fugitive suspect nabbed on suspicion of helping him evade cops; police believe pair’s detained mother arranged murder; 18-year-old also arrested
By Charlie Summers
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 22, 2026, 6:49 pm
US embassy urges caution among American citizens in Israel amid uptick in organized crime
Warning comes in the wake of an escalating conflict between influential crime families in Israel, which sparked a series of attacks at branches of the Japanika sushi chain
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
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