Police arrested five people, including gang leaders, on suspicion of involvement in extorting protection money from a business in Tel Aviv. The investigation began after reports of two shooting incidents that damaged the business, aimed at extorting hundreds of thousands of shekels from the victim. The five are suspected of involvement in planning and carrying out the shooting and extortion, and their detention was extended by the city's Magistrate's Court until Wednesday. Police stated that "this is an ugly and thuggish crime, where criminal elements exploit their power in the criminal world and employ severe violence."