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7-year-old stabbed to death at birthday party in Beit Shemesh; neighbor arrested

Boy’s 4-year-old cousin seriously wounded; police probe suspect’s mental state and possible family dispute as 15-year-old relative who was watching children witnesses attack

Liran Tamari | 08.17.26

שלושה קטינים מכנופיית SSQ שודדים בעל עסק בת"א

Three teens charged with robbing central Israeli sex shop and assaulting owner

Police say the 15- and 16-year-olds first tried to break in with an iron bar, then returned hours later, demanded cash and attacked the owner when he refused

Maya Cohen | 08.06.26

Powerful grenade blast rocks Tel Aviv luxury tower

The overnight explosion was heard as far away as Ramat Gan, damaging a building window but causing no injuries; police opened an investigation and said the attack was likely criminally motivated

Maya Cohen | 08.06.26

Southern Israelis endure daylong blackout after masked gunmen shoot transformer, threaten crews

Repair crews fled after armed men approached with rifles, while residents of Neighborhood 1 in Tel Sheva say children, elderly people and the sick remain without power in the August heat

Ilana Curiel | 08.05.26

Senior Likud officials suspected of hiding millions in real estate assets

Police questioned contractor Dudi Appel, former MK Michael Kleiner and businesspeople Yaffa and Yitzhak Dayan, seized property for possible forfeiture and released all four after several hours; their attorneys rejected the allegations against them

Meir Turgeman | 08.05.26

Left: A surveillance camera captures the suspect entering the office building before the fatal shooting. Right: Emergency responders and police gather outside the office building in Rishon Lezion where the lawyer was killed

‘I heard a volley of shots’: chilling footage shows suspect calmly walking into lawyer’s office before fatal shooting

Police say alleged killer, 23, shot the Rishon Lezion attorney during a dispute over 15,000 shekels, then fled before surrendering and confessing

Meir Turgeman | 08.05.26

Lawyer shot dead in Rishon Lezion office; disgruntled client surrenders to police

Police say a Ramla man in his 30s confessed after a large-scale manhunt; investigators suspect he opened fire following a dispute over the handling of a traffic accident compensation case, but the gun has not yet been recovered

Meir Turgeman | 08.04.26

The next policing revolution is preventing crime before it happens

Analysis: AI-powered prevention centers could connect fragmented data across police, hospitals, cities and communities to detect rising risks early while preserving human oversight and civil rights

Boaz Gilad | 08.03.26

Suspected gangland hit leaves local criminal dead in Netivot

A man in his 40s was pronounced dead after being found unconscious in a parking lot; another man, 29, was lightly wounded

Ilana Curiel | 08.01.26

לואיס רוחאס קבררה שנאשם בקשר למותה של אליזבת ברון בקליניקת וולנס בברונקס ניו יורק

The anti-aging infusion that went wrong: Unlicensed ‘doctor’ faces charges after woman’s death

A New York man accused of posing as a doctor admitted he 'made a very big mistake' after a 27-year-old woman died during an anti-aging NAD+ infusion at his Bronx wellness clinic; He faces charges as authorities await autopsy results

Daniel Edelson, New York | 07.24.26

The new proxy: how hostile states exploit organized crime

Analysis: Hostile states and terrorist groups increasingly use existing criminal networks for intelligence, logistics, financing and covert operations, forcing governments to rethink where law enforcement ends and national security begins

Liran Segal | 07.24.26

Nazareth man charged with planning missile, drone attack on Ben-Gvir over friend's death

Prosecutors say Mohammed Awad blamed the minister for escalating violence in Arab society, contacted Hamas seeking resources and spent two years researching ballistic missiles and explosive mechanisms online

Israel Moshkovitz | 07.23.26

US Embassy warns Americans in Israel of 'sharp rise' in organized crime violence

Alert cites grenade and stun-grenade attacks on homes, vehicles and businesses linked to a feud between the Jarushi and Mosli crime organizations, urging Americans to stay vigilant in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Herzliya

Itamar Eichner | 07.22.26

'We know where you live': convicted criminal allegedly ran brutal gambling empire from behind bars

Ten defendants are accused of running a NIS 3 million loan-sharking and extortion network involving 180% annual interest, a rigged roulette table and an attack dog used against a debtor

Yair Kraus | 07.20.26

פיצוץ מטען בקריית ים בפברואר השנה, שבו נהרג גיא בן סימון ונפצע נער בן 13

Why Israel’s gang wars are exploding like never before

It’s not just grenades: Wartime weapons spillover from the IDF has turned explosives into an off-the-shelf commodity for crime organizations; once reserved for high-profile assassinations, they are now routinely used for threats, extortion and protection rackets

Shosh Mula | 07.19.26