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Haaretz photographer Itai Ron assaulted at protest outside Eisenkot's home
Right-wing activists kicked and shoved a Haaretz photojournalist in Herzliya, the paper says, while police dispute its claim that officers watched and did nothing.
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Two young men hurt with penetrating wounds in Ein Mahil near Nazareth
Police chief Danny Levy places about 15 officers without Ben-Gvir's sign-off
Seven teenagers arrested in Modiin after police called over noise were confronted
Court lifts ban on naming Rosh HaAyin teacher, 35, suspected in child abuse case
Rahat asked police to intervene before snipers were posted, mayor says
Jatt man, 27, charged with murdering three Jaljulia relatives in a torched car
Man, 38, seriously hurt in violent incident at Pardes Hanna-Karkur venue
One dead and four wounded in shooting at a Washington DC fitness centre
Netanyahu trial judges order Attorney General to appear in person on Wednesday
Ben-Gvir calls Netanyahu's trial a fabricated case and urges an end to it
Tel Aviv rape indictment names Adam Yassin, 42, a supervised sex offender
Remand extended for 3 Ashkelon daycare staff suspected of abusing toddlers
Man about 30 seriously hurt in violent incident on Tel Aviv street
Attorney General declines judges' invitation, says open to plea deal talks
Two 16-year-olds indicted over helmeted attack on a teen in a Nahariya park
Bnei Brak man, 51, charged with assaulting his wife and threatening to kill her
Russia's FSB says it detained two Polish agents in Kaliningrad region
At least 2 arrested as protesters throw objects at Joe Biden in Dublin
Police find no financing or security offences in Arab-sector election affair
Five arrested in Israeli police probe of 16 million shekel crypto laundering
Ben-Gvir and Feiglin seize on ex-police officer Avishai Moalem's TV claims
Long Island man charged over threats to Jewish mother and girl, 7, in kosher store
Man with loaded revolver stopped at Washington Hebrew Congregation door
Haifa woman held on abuse suspicion after girl seen led on a leash
Police open fire after fleeing car hits patrol vehicle near Kiryat Shmona
Police say Route 79 stabbing near Shfaram likely criminal; man, 36, seriously hurt
Tel Aviv leaflet probe turns to suspected local distributors and print shop
Al-Batuf council head named among dozens held in protection racket raids
Deri joins coalition attacks on prosecution over Boaz Blat recordings
Israel's police chief asks attorney general to clear appointments Ben-Gvir hasn't signed
Council head's son and father suspected of setting up two shell companies
500 police officers raid sites across Israel, dozens held in protection probe
Police arrest 11 in Lod after far-right activists tour an Arab neighbourhood
Police arrest 11 in Lod after brawl following far-right march
Man of about 50 seriously hurt in violent incident on Tel Aviv's HaTikva Street
Liberman denies Channel 13 report of Haredi backchannel, sets High Court test
Palestinian flag hoisted at Berlin's Reichstag a day before Kristallnacht anniversary
Gas station manager near Kafr Qasim badly hurt after driver runs him over
Ben Gvir says attorney general pressures police chief, calls senior officer a liar
Ariel daycare staff charged over 400+ abuse cases; prosecutors seek detention
Man and woman wounded in Haifa shooting on Herzl Street, police investigate
Five killed in shooting on Krakow's main market square, Polish police say
Attorney general rejects Likud claim she is stalling election tampering probe
Afula barber, 17, indicted over stabbing in dispute about customers
Ben Gvir stands by claim police chief Danny Levy 'wants to see blood'
Three young men wounded, one seriously, in shooting in Rahat in the Negev
18 settlers detained as forces clear Givat Ora Yisrael outpost near Salfit
Beit She'an police officer charged with sexual offences against two policewomen
Mandelblit tells Netanyahu trial he does not recall approving Israel Hayom probe
Woman, 43, killed in Petah Tikva; husband suspected, found dead nearby
Russia's FSB detains minor over planned attack at Moscow's Tsaritsyno museum
Ein HaHoresh man, 49, charged over 21 X posts urging Netanyahu's death
Beersheba court frees doctor in Ra'am vote-buying case, rejecting house arrest
Man aged 23 from Yarka shot dead in Druze village of Isfiya
Miami judge permanently dismisses Trump's $10 billion suit against the WSJ
France reports 320,000 protesters as clashes erupt in Paris and Marseille
Man about 30 seriously wounded in shooting in Ar'ara, police suspect crime
Florida man, 31, charged over alleged threat to shoot at new Jewish community
Poland suspends constitutional court chief, prompting protests in Warsaw
Mor Shemali, widowed in the Alexandria shooting, dies three years on
Binance says suspected security breach hit about $6.3 billion, bitcoin falls
Herzog calls for full probe of election allegations at JFNA loan fund event
Negev school principals among suspects held in Ra'am election bribery probe
Likud calls Ra'am bribery affair 'Ra'amgate' and an attack on democracy
Israel Police find no basis for Likud claim that Arab parties stole the 2026 vote
Bolsonaro in Miami as Argentina faces calls to probe Milei role in his escape
Six held in villages near Hebron as raid after deadly attack continues
Netanyahu trial judge asks how court can ignore Mandelblit's account of illegal acts
Man of about 50 shot dead in Arraba as Arab community death toll reaches 186
Netanyahu warns of long queues in Arab towns, accuses Ra'am of election theft
Man of about 25 shot dead in Yafia, near Nazareth, during a taxi ride
More than 400,000 protest across France as Paris clashes continue
High Court bars parties from relaying live polling-station turnout digitally
Man, 49, moderately wounded in stabbing at Afula barbershop
Man, 29, seriously hurt with penetrating injury near Shuafat checkpoint
Ten arrested in Operation Olive Leaf after reported assaults near Taybeh
Macron condemns French riots after nearly 2,400 arrests in a single day
Arrest figures range from 1,200 to 1,800 after a day of unrest across France
Rubio urges Israel to curb settlers after attack on Washington Post photographer
Police chief vows zero tolerance after Haredi protest blocks Highway 4 near Yavne
No arrests after Taybeh attack on diplomats as police cite lack of cooperation
Teen, 17, dies after violent incident on Herzl Street in Ashkelon
Met Police assess Sarah Helm post backing Palestine Action, a banned group
Two arrested as Haredi draft opponents try to enter Bnei Brak Kodkod building
Shooting at a house in Bi'ina near Karmiel leaves at least 4 wounded
9 toddlers taken to Hadassah after allergic reactions at Betar Illit daycare
Man aged about 20 shot dead in Umm al-Fahm, a second man lightly hurt
Mandelblit's second day on stand: defence accuses prosecutors of misleading him
Kfar Saba mayor Rafi Sa'ar and his wife arrested in tender bribery probe
Man, about 40, seriously injured in suspected criminal stabbing in Sderot
Two Israeli activists detained near Yasuf after clash, barred from closed zone
Woman seriously hurt by gunfire aimed at a building in Tur'an, Lower Galilee
Man seriously hurt in Yavne after relative's licensed gun discharged
Hind Rajab Foundation asks the ICC to investigate Israeli doctors over Sde Teiman
Man killed as car explodes at Pal-Yam junction on Road 4 near Or Akiva
Convicted MK Ofer Cassif risks losing Knesset seat, Haaretz reports
Man around 40 seriously hurt in Givat Hen stabbing, taken to Meir hospital
Rosh HaAyin accountant suspected of omitting NIS 60 million in share income
Young man about 20 seriously wounded by gunfire on Yefet Street in Jaffa
Oman had grounded flydubai co-pilot over radicalisation fears, WSJ reports
Israeli investigators expected to question flydubai copilot in the UAE
Israel's top court lets Ra'am, the Joint List and MK Ofer Cassif run for Knesset
Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh drops Knesset bid after High Court hearing
Israeli passengers helped take flydubai cockpit after onboard stabbing
Netanyahu says pilot stabbed co-pilot on Dubai flight, plane diverted to Saudi Arabia
Cars burned and Hebrew revenge graffiti left in villages near Ramallah
Man, 21, seriously hurt with penetrating wounds in Shibli, Lower Galilee
Suspect who threw salt shakers at Bennett cursed him in questioning
Woman in her 30s dies in Haifa, 28-year-old partner arrested by police
Man with M-16 who fired at a home in Yafa near Nazareth dies after police shooting
All three barred outlets expected to challenge ban in court
Herzog erases Elor Azaria's criminal record on eve of Yom Kippur
Hadera teenager named as Amichai Atia; driver's remand extended
Police officer and his father held over Haifa stabbing that left man, 25, critical
Man in his thirties dies in violent incident on Ashkelon street
Israeli ministry says woman attacked with bottle in Berlin on Rosh Hashanah
Smotrich posts AI video of judges dragged away, then hits back at critics
Burned car with three dead was in open area outside Baka al-Garbiyeh
Boy of 14 critically wounded by gunfire in Kafr Kanna, police open investigation
Yair Golan sues Sara Netanyahu for millions over Channel 14 remarks
Netanyahu visits Mount Hermon inside Syria; Damascus calls it illegal
Israeli sentenced to 13 years for killing Aisha Rabi with a thrown stone
Netanyahu announces libel suit against Haaretz over warning report
Wounded man in Usarin stabbing named as Netanel Yaakovs, 19
Herzog condemns "anarchist elements" behind West Bank violence
Man, 47, taken to Soroka hospital after violent incident in Rahat
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Jerusalem Prosecutors Charge Seven Over Benyahu Raz Killing
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A Stolen Rifle, a Cocaine Ring and a Colonel Under Suspicion
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A Scorpion Gun, Boxes of Ammunition and 2.5kg of Explosives
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Two More Arrests in the Benyahu Raz Killing, One Suspect at Large
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Three Arrested Over a Web of Fake Firms and False Invoices
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Ten Charged Over a Gambling Ring Run From a Prison Payphone
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25 Handguns and Four M16s Seized in Lahav 433's 'Nomad' Sting
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Dozens Arrested After an Agent Was Told to Pay Be'er Sheva Protection
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An Undercover Officer, a Front Business and Dozens of Arrests
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Two Charged Over a Haifa Ring That Lured Women With Fake Jobs
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Six Lorries Seized in a Raid on Israel's Pirate Waste Depots
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A Borrowed Key, 26 Hotel Rooms and a Suitcase of Loot in Eilat
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Three Charged Over the Tzur Yitzhak Attack That Killed Haim Klomiti
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Kabbalist Rabbi Amos Gueta Killed in His Netanya Study Hall
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Two Hurt in a Shooting at the Kochav Yair Petrol Station
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A 2007 Killing, an Arrest in Qalqilya Almost Twenty Years Later
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A Man Stabbed in a Bnei Brak Study Hall, an Arrest in Beit Shemesh
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Hate-Crime Charge Over Attack on Nun at King David's Tomb
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Police Open Operation Meron 2026 as the Pilgrimage Is Called Off
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Police Investigate a Beach Attack on Two Minors in Ashkelon
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Ramat Gan Religious Council Chief Stabbed on a City Pavement
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A Sting on Antiquities Thieves Uncovered a 2,000-Year-Old Factory
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Cyprus Must Weigh Israel's Request for a Jailed Property Developer
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Eight Arrested and Three Handguns Seized in Capital Shield
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Avshalom Peled Takes Command of Jerusalem's Million-Person District
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Tax Debtors Lose 46 Cars, Luxury Models Among Them, in Nationwide Raids
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Netanyahu Asks Herzog for a Pardon Without Admitting Guilt
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Druze Officer Hatem Azzam Named Israel's Deputy Prison Chief
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Six Arrested and Officers Hurt as Israel Clears Tzur Misgavi
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Levin Names a Retired Judge to Run the Sde Teiman Leak Inquiry
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Five Years in Jail for the Israeli Behind Cyprus's Caesar Resorts
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Stones, a Stalled Car and One Shot Fired on a Binyamin Road
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Woman Shot Dead at Home in Abu Snan as Arab Death Toll Hits 149
