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Master Sgt. Ran Gvili (Israel Police)
February 9, 2026, 3:32 pm
Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, 24: Motorcycle-loving cop ‘united the country’
Killed battling the Hamas invasion of southern Israel on October 7, his body kidnapped to Gaza and retrieved in January 2026
By ToI Staff
IDF troops stand by the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, after it was located at a cemetery in eastern Gaza City, on January 26. 2026. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2026, 8:01 pm
The Gvili family’s hopeful, dignified struggle to bring Ran home
Clinging to ‘that tiny bit of hope,’ the family had continued to speak of their son in the present tense, and never stopped battling for his return
By Jessica Steinberg
Talik Gvili, mother of the deceased hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, December 10, 2025. Ran Gvili's body was located by the IDF and returned to Israel on January 26, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
January 26, 2026, 3:05 pm
Speaking days before his body was found, Ran Gvili’s mother said she trusts Israel to bring him home
Talik Gvili believes the US and Israeli governments are doing all they can to secure release of Ran’s body before Gaza ceasefire moves into second phase
By Jessica Steinberg
Police officers operate in the West Bank town of ad-Dhahiriya, April 14, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 14, 2025, 5:32 pm
Palestinian suspect in stolen vehicle hits Israeli police officer in West Bank
One officer lightly injured in incident, which police have not classified as terrorism; suspect remains at large
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Chief Superintendent Yair Hanuna arrives for investigation at the Police Investigations Department offices in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) Chief of police Kobi Shabtai visits a business that was a victim of protection racket, near Meron, in the upper Galilee, July 17, 2023 (David Cohen/Flash90).
August 5, 2023, 5:24 pm
Police chief said to phone senior officer suspected of brutality to express backing
Broadcaster reveals Shabtai’s call to Yair Hanuna after he came out against public show of support for the policeman and other cops suspected of excessive force against protesters
By ToI Staff
Police chief Kobi Shabtai (L) arrives to attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 9, 2023. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool/AFP)
August 3, 2023, 6:29 pm
Police chief says he ‘won’t condone’ cops’ rally backing officer accused of violence
A day after Tel Aviv’s Yasam officers cheered Yair Hanuna as he arrived for questioning in probe, Kobi Shabtai says police must be ‘apolitical’ and must not protest state bodies
By Michael Bachner
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen during a meeting with police officers from the Yasam riot control unit, in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 11:56 pm
Ben Gvir: Probes into alleged police brutality are attempt to ‘threaten’ cops
‘You are our heroes,’ minister tells under-fire Yasam cops, says he has seen no excessive use of force by officers; state attorney rejects ‘effort to besmirch’ PIID investigators
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Yair Hanuna arrives for questioning at the Justice Ministry's Police Internal Investigations Department (PIID) in Tel Aviv on August 2, 2023 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 2, 2023, 1:13 pm
Head of special police unit questioned over alleged violence toward protesters
Fellow officers cheer arrival of Yair Hanuna, 4 others; Ben Gvir: 18-year-old protester was violent before arrest; teen’s dad: Minister is ‘liar, criminal’
By ToI Staff
View of a Wizz Air flight taking off from Ben Gurion International Airport, September 3, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 14, 2022, 2:04 pm
Flight delayed 5 hours at Ben Gurion as passenger demands to smoke weed
Passengers on flight to Romania, including the would-be smoker, rail at airline after announcement that luggage was not coming with them
By ToI Staff
Palestinians are arrested during clashes with Israeli police in Jerusalem's neighborhood of Issawiya, June 28, 2019, a day after a Palestinian was shot and killed by police during a protest in the same neighborhood. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
January 12, 2020, 4:59 am
East Jerusalem’s Issawiya boils as residents decry months of police intervention
Security officials say they’ve stepped up operations because of escalating violence emanating from the Palestinian neighborhood, home to 18,000
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: A member of the 'hilltop youth' rides a donkey at an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank. (Credit: Zman Emet, Kan 11)
December 30, 2018, 1:46 pm
Three Israeli teens arrested in Jewish terror probe
Shin Bet, police special forces said to have raided West Bank yeshiva; all suspects have reportedly been prevented from meeting with lawyers
By Jacob Magid
A still from a video showing a police officer assaulting an East Jerusalem truck driver (YouTube screenshot)
April 20, 2017, 5:38 pm
Israel Police fires officer filmed beating Arab truck driver
Policeman prevented from resigning on his own due to ‘severity of the incident’ in East Jerusalem last month
By ToI Staff
East Jerusalem truck driver Mazen Shwieki speaks to reporters after footage of an Israel Police officer brutally assaulting him was posted online on March 23, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 3, 2017, 8:14 pm
Officer filmed beating Arab truck driver submits resignation
‘I made a terrible mistake,’ Moshe Cohen says; police have yet to accept resignation and may choose to fire the officer instead
By Jacob Magid
Moshe Cohen, of the Yasam special police force, filmed assaulting Arab truck driver Mazen Shwieki (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 31, 2017, 12:48 am
Police officer regrets beating Arab truck driver, apologizes for attack
Special patrolman says he wants to ‘hug’ man he assaulted for allegedly damaging his car
By ToI Staff
Moshe Cohen, of the Yasam special police force, filmed assaulting Arab truck driver Mazen Shwieki (Screen capture: YouTube)
March 30, 2017, 2:16 pm
Policeman filmed attacking Arab truck driver indicted
Moshe Cohen charged with assault, causing serious harm and breach of trust, after he was videoed beating victim
By ToI Staff
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