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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

violent crime in Israel

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir meets with senior police offcers at a handover ceremony at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 9, 2025, 2:12 pm
Police data confirms Arab homicide rate more than doubled in 2023
Belated police report verifies alarming spike in murder cases, particularly in Arab society, during Ben Gvir’s first full year at helm of law enforcement
By Charlie Summers
Police and rescue forces at the scene of a car explosion in Ramle, November 27, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 10:12 pm
2 women killed in car blast in Ramle; incident probed as part of gang violence
Victims, a mother and her daughter, are believed to be relatives of underworld figures; locals say they thought explosion was a rocket impact
By ToI Staff
Combination photo showing, from L-R, Mohammed Nur Yahya, 30, Faraj Abu Arar, 20, and Fakhri Abu Medigam. (Courtesy)
November 16, 2024, 3:48 pm
Four killings within 24 hours rock Arab community, raising year’s death toll to 209
Police say 7 arrested in connection with separate suspected homicides; police chief holds special assessment, updates Ben Gvir on investigations
By Michael Horovitz
A view of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva (CC-BY Avishai Teicher/Wikipedia)
November 10, 2024, 12:12 pm
Woman, 31, shot to death in Bedouin town in south
12 suspects, including victim’s brother and husband, arrested; report says police believe killing linked to family dispute; death comes as Arab community strikes over rising crime
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Police at the scene of a shooting in Umm al-Fahm, September 23, 2024. (Israel Police)
October 20, 2024, 11:57 pm
Man shot dead in northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm
Anti-violence watchdog says 189 members of Arab community slain in violent incidents since beginning of year
By ToI Staff
Alaa Abu Atta, 38, who was shot dead in Kafr Qara on October 15, 2024. (Courtesty)
October 15, 2024, 10:15 am
Man shot dead in northern town
Police say shooting not terror-related; victim, declared dead at scene, was reportedly known to authorities
By Michael Horovitz
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
Police at the scene of a car bomb where a man was injured in Kiryat Malachi, September 23, 2024. (Israel Police)
September 23, 2024, 3:53 pm
Man seriously hurt in car blast in south; police nab 3 suspects
Police say attack motivated by criminal dispute; semiconscious victim taken to hospital in Ashdod
By Michael Horovitz
Sigal Bar Zvi, head of community policing in Israel. (courtesy of Israel Police)
September 19, 2024, 6:35 pm
In parting shot, senior cop warns self-serving leaders are letting criminals run riot
Deputy Commissioner Sigal Bar Zvi assails decision-makers who serve political interests, as well as too-lenient courts and laws that overly protect individual rights
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern town of Kafr Kanna, August 26, 2023. (Flash90)
July 29, 2024, 2:21 pm
3 brothers to be charged with murder of Kafr Kanna resident over business dispute
Investigation reveals the suspects shot Nissim Hamza in May after he ended a business partnership with their father
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at a crime scene in Ofakim, southern Israel, June 10, 2023. (Israel Police)
June 15, 2024, 10:42 am
Two young men shot to death in northern Arab town
Police investigating possible gangland connection; Lod storeowner in his early 20s dies from bullet wounds, bringing toll in Arab community violence this year to 96
By ToI Staff
An illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 7, 2024, 4:08 pm
Woman found dead in her home in village of Abu Snan, husband arrested
Anti-violence group says 70 members of Arab community have been killed in violent incidents this year
By ToI Staff
Ambulances at the scene of a shooting in Lod on May 5, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
May 6, 2024, 6:57 am
3 Arab Israelis shot dead in separate incidents on Sunday, as crime wave persists
Apparent crime gang murders in Reineh, Yarka and Lod bring homicide death toll in community to 68 this year, according to Abraham Initiatives
By ToI Staff
Left: Jamal Khier, killed in a car blast near Abu Snan on March 23, 2024; Right: Amir Abu al-Hija, 16, killed in a shooting in Tamra on March 22, 2024 (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 23, 2024, 8:44 am
Arab Israeli teen, former lawyer killed in Galilee attacks as criminal violence spirals
Amir Abu al-Hija, shot outside his home, and Jamal Khier, whose car exploded, are 42nd and 43rd murder victims in Arab community this year
By ToI Staff
Paramedics on the scene at a suspected murder in Yafia on March 18, 2024. (MDA)
March 18, 2024, 9:34 am
Man shot to death in Yafia, in 40th slaying in Arab community this year
Police say two individuals shot inside car in northern Arab town, with man in his 20s declared dead at the scene and another in his 60s lightly wounded
By ToI Staff
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