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President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with Arab women who have lost loved ones to violent crime, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

June 26, 2023, 3:17 am

‘A terrible war’: Herzog meets with Arab women who lost loved ones to violent crime

A mother whose daughter was gunned down before her eyes, a woman who has had seven relatives slain are among participants at emotional meeting

By ToI Staff

The Arab town of Nahf in northern Israel, between the Lower and Upper Galilee, on January 11, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

June 25, 2023, 1:41 pm

Two men shot dead in Arab town Nahf amid feud between criminals

Fatalities, 71 and 61, arrive at local clinic in critical condition after being shot while sitting in a car

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)

June 23, 2023, 2:55 pm

Beit Shemesh man held for discussing ‘opportunity to put a bullet in Bibi’s head’

Resident made the comment in a Whatsapp group focused on gun ownership following deadly West Bank terror attack; judges grant him conditional release

By Michael Horovitz

A screenshot from video of masked suspects firing into the air during a wedding procession in the southern Bedouin town of Tel Sheva, June 16, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 18, 2023, 8:17 pm

2 arrested over video of masked gunmen firing into air at Bedouin wedding procession

Suspects to appear before court for remand hearing Monday, as police wage struggle to cap spiraling gang violence in Arab community

By ToI Staff

Sarit Ahmad, 18, who was killed in a shooting in northern Israel on June 9, 2023. (Social media: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 11, 2023, 11:31 pm

3 years before her murder, lesbian teen approached police over brothers’ threats

Sarit Ahmad, then aged 15, told officers one brother offered NIS 200,000 to whoever killed her, other threatened to stab her in stomach after she came out

By ToI Staff

Dennis Mokin, suspected of shooting Diyar Umari dead during a road clash, is brought for a court hearing at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court on May 7, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

June 11, 2023, 12:07 pm

Man charged with murder for shooting dead Arab teen in roadside clash

Dennis Mokin accused of firing at an apparently fleeing Diar Umari ‘until the ammunition in his pistol’s magazine was used up’

By ToI Staff

Watheq Qashqush, killed in the central Arab city of Qalansawe, June 10, 2023. (Courtesy)

June 10, 2023, 9:30 pm

Two men shot dead, raising 2023 toll to 102, in devastating week for Arab community

28-year-old gunned down in Qalansawe, 49-year-old killed in Jaljulia, as spiraling crime wave claims ten lives in just past three days

By ToI Staff

June 10, 2023, 9:08 pm

Police searching for brother in killing of 18-year-old woman in north

Father denies sibling, missing since Sarit Ahmad was shot dead, could be involved; he and another brother previously threatened her over her sexual identity

By ToI Staff

A police car at the scene of a fatal stabbing on June 10, 2023 near the southern city of Ofakim where a 21-year-old man was found dead of his wounds in a scuffle with foreign workers, according to an initial investigation. (Israel Police)

June 10, 2023, 6:53 am

Man, 21, killed in south; 100th victim of violence in Arab community this year

Young man fatally stabbed by foreign workers near Ofakim as he allegedly tried to steal agricultural tools; death came hours after young woman gunned down in north

By ToI Staff

June 9, 2023, 8:08 pm

Woman, 18, shot dead in north; 99th victim of violence in Arab community this year

Hebrew media says victim Sarit Ahmad filed several police complaints against brothers, who had threatened her over her sexual identity

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

June 9, 2023, 12:38 pm

Police arrest 11 suspects in shooting at carwash in Arab town that claimed five lives

Cops say several others detained in connection with burgeoning crime in Arab community

By ToI Staff

Police at the scene where five people were shot dead in the town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 8, 2023. (Fadi Amun/Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 11:32 pm

Strike called in Arab towns as another crime killing lifts day’s death toll to 6

Ben Gvir visits Yafa an-Naseriyye after 5 killed in mass shooting, as criticism intensifies over government’s failure to address massive spike in murders

By ToI Staff

The scene of a shooting at a car wash in Yafa an-Naseriyye, June 8, 2023. (Magen David Adom)

June 8, 2023, 5:00 pm

5 shot dead at carwash in town near Nazareth in apparent gangland massacre

Shooting in Yafa an-Naseriyye is mostly deadly act of criminal violence in years; 3-year-old girl and her dad seriously hurt by gunfire in separate incident

By ToI Staff

Police work at the scene where a man was shot dead in Umm al-Fahm on May 30, 2023. (Israel Police)

May 30, 2023, 6:15 pm

Man shot dead in northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm

Medics declare resident in his 50s dead at the scene; woman also lightly injured

By ToI Staff

Kamal Mahamid (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 28, 2023, 2:01 pm

Suspect accused of murdering man whose son sold him a faulty gun

Mahmoud Agbaria, 23, allegedly issued threats before shooting Kamal Mahamid, 63, outside his Umm al-Fahm home

By ToI Staff