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Watch: masked gunmen ambush 25-year-old in Rahat as he enters his car

Two masked attackers circled the area before waiting outside the victim’s home at dawn; one opened his car door and shot him while the other fired into the air; the 25-year-old was taken to Soroka Medical Center in serious condition afterward

Hassan Shaalan | 08.30.26

Career criminal with 38 convictions: who is the suspect in crime boss Yanis Yushvaev's killing?

Man held in Yushvaev’s execution has nearly 40 years of arrests and prison terms behind him; he denies involvement as police keep evidence under gag order

Yair Kraus, Liran Tamari | 08.26.26

Suspected assassin of crime boss Yanis Yushvaev arrested after manhunt

Main suspect in the broad-daylight Caesarea shooting was found hiding in a Hadera apartment building; police deployed the elite Yamam unit after intelligence suggested he could be armed

Meir Turgeman, Liran Tamari, Eitan Glikman | 08.25.26

‘Led a criminal gang in blood feuds': who was the mafia boss gunned down in northern Israel?

Yanis Yushvaev survived an earlier shooting and was repeatedly tied to cases involving gunfire, arson and threats before being killed at point-blank range near Caesarea

Liran Tamari, Eitan Glikman | 08.23.26

Reputed crime boss gunned down in broad daylight at northern Israel gas station

Yanis Yushvaev, a major police target with alleged organized-crime ties, was shot dead in broad daylight as officers launch a helicopter-backed manhunt for the suspects

Eitan Glikman, Liran Tamari | 08.23.26

Six crimes vs. 1,246: inside Israel’s safest and most dangerous neighborhoods

South Rothschild in Tel Aviv and Hod Hasharon’s Complex 200 have almost the same population, yet ynet’s crime index places them at opposite ends of Israel’s safety rankings

Maya Cohen, Meir Turgeman | 08.23.26

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

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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