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Illustrative photo of police at a crime scene in the central city of Ramle, June 1, 2015. (Flash90)
May 26, 2019, 5:57 am
Woman shot dead in Ramle in apparent botched hit on her son
Intisar Issawi’s neighbor also taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound
By TOI staff
Umm El-Fahm in northern Israel, December 31, 2011. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 3:14 pm
Man stabbed to death in Umm al-Fahm
Motive for attack not yet known; victim, 35, pronounced dead at the scene in crime-riddled northern town
By TOI staff
Tamar Kaduri, left, and husband Yehuda, who were found murdered in their Jerusalem home on January 13, 2019. (Courtesy)
February 20, 2019, 5:59 pm
Main suspects in Jerusalem couple’s murder are relatives of victims
Court lifts gag order on some details of case; man’s detention extended by 8 days, wife’s by 6 as investigation focuses on criminal motive
By TOI staff
Tamar Kaduri, left, and husband Yehuda, who were found murdered in their Jerusalem home on January 13, 2019. (Courtesy)
February 19, 2019, 3:17 pm
Two held as investigation of Jerusalem double murder pivots away from terror
Police increasingly suspect Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri were killed last month by someone they knew, not by Palestinian suspect initially arrested
By TOI staff
The covered bodies of Yehuda and Tamar Kaduri at their funeral in Jerusalem, January 14, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
February 18, 2019, 8:58 pm
Police question victims’ family members in Jerusalem double homicide
Developments in investigation suggest murderer had criminal, not terrorist, motives for killing elderly couple
By TOI staff
An illustrative photo of a police car, February 27, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)
December 27, 2018, 8:30 pm
29-year-old woman shot dead in Ramle alley
Gunman walks up to mother-of-three Shadia Musalti, a member of the mixed city’s Arab community, and shoots her point-blank in the head
By TOI staff
Yara Ayoub, 16, from the Galilee village of Jish. (Hadashot screen capture)
December 26, 2018, 4:43 pm
Three of four suspects in Galilee teen’s murder released to their homes
Police official says release won’t change expected indictment of the trio as accessories in the murder of 16-year-old Yara Ayoub
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The scene of a drive-by shooting in the Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm that left a 14-year-old boy wounded on December 26, 2018. The white car in the center was the target of the shooting, police said. (Hadashot TV screen capture)
December 26, 2018, 11:41 am
14-year-old seriously hurt in Umm al-Fahm drive-by shooting
Police deploy roadblocks, launch manhunt for motorcyclist suspected in attack in northern town
By TOI staff
Rescuers at the Dor Alon gas station at Megiddo Junction in northern Israel following a shooting attack police said was criminal in nature, December 18, 2018. (Courtesy Magen David Adom)
December 18, 2018, 11:01 pm
5 hurt, 4 seriously, in shooting in northern Israel
Initial police assessment of attack at gas station at Megiddo Junction says it is criminal in nature, not terrorism
By TOI staff
Police man a checkpoint in the northern Arab Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm after a teacher is kidnapped from a local high school by armed assailants, December 12, 2018. (Hadashot screen capture)
December 12, 2018, 11:55 am
Police rescue teacher kidnapped from Umm al-Fahm high school
Massive manhunt including undercover officers, helicopter and roadblocks locates abductors’ vehicle; one suspect arrested
By TOI staff
Police investigators in Modi'in Forest on Friday, June 1, 2018, at the site where the body of diamond merchant Boris Botashvilli was found in what officials said was a suspected murder. (Courtesy Israel Police)
June 1, 2018, 8:17 am
Police find diamond merchant’s body in Modiin Forest in suspected murder
56-year-old Boris Botashvilli believed killed over business dispute with an unnamed 49-year-old suspect
By TOI staff
Gabi Korsonsky (Hadashot news screenshot)
April 26, 2018, 3:35 pm
Bank robber gets life in prison for slaying of security guard
Gabi Korsonsky, 35, who killed Yaniv Engler in 2011, gets additional 18 years for 14 bank robberies and a string of lesser crimes
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of police at the scene of a crime (Police Spokesperson)
January 30, 2018, 5:19 pm
75-year-old woman killed in Netanya, apparently during family fight
Violent ‘incident’ led to elderly victim’s death, according to initial forensic work at the scene; police rule out burglary
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2018, 8:59 am
Man shot dead in apparent underworld hit
Motorcyclist opens fire on victim as he walks along residential street in central city of Holon; suspect arrested
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Israel Police officers at a crime scene, November 14, 2016 in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 7, 2017, 4:01 am
Former trial witness against mob gunned down in Netanya
Local resident in his 50s, who helped in prosecution of top criminal, shot dead in drive-by shooting
By TOI staff
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