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Jewish journalist kidnapped, murdered in South Africa

Several suspects have since been arrested in connection with the incident; Initial assessments indicate the kidnapping was carried out for criminal motives — ransom and robbery — and not a terror motive or a targeted attack against the Jewish community

Itamar Eichner | 03.29.26

Dog uncovers chilling find linked to 160-year-old murder case

Stanley, a dog in Clyst Honiton, Devon, unearthed a bottle believed to have been used by Mary Ann Ashford to poison her husband so she could be with her younger lover

ynet | 03.21.26

Outrage in Gaza as Hamas kills civilians in crackdown on critics

Recent killings and arrests by Hamas security forces spark rare public criticism inside Gaza, with activists and residents accusing group of excessive force, intimidation and targeting of civilians in broader crackdown

Einav Halabi | 03.11.26

The ‘Dr. Evil’ case: scientist’s murders and kidnapping that shocked Israel

Amiram Hochberg, known as 'Dr. Evil,' murdered the mother of his child and her mother; kidnapped his son and fled abroad; one body was never found; in 1997 he was extradited to Israel after months on the run

Oded Kramer, Itzik Shasho | 03.07.26

When Israel’s most feared killer captured in Paris after prison chief murder and daring escapes

Convicted bank robber Herzl Avitan killed a prison commander and a security guard, fled abroad under a false identity and was caught only after police trapped his girlfriend; he later murdered again behind bars and staged another escape

Itzik Shasho, Oded Kramer | 02.27.26

Utah mom who wrote kids' book on grief accused of killing husband for money

Kouri Richins, 35, faces multiple felony charges in the March 2022 death of her husband, Eric Richins, at their home near the ski town of Park City

Associated Press | 02.24.26

Son of director Rob Reiner pleads not guilty to murdering his parents in Los Angeles

Nearly two months after the stabbing deaths that shocked Hollywood, Nick Reiner, son of 'The Princess Bride' and 'Stand by Me' director Rob Reiner, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and was ordered held without bail

ynet | 02.23.26

Ashdod refinery disaster: suspect arrested on murder with indifference charges

The suspect, a partner in a company supplying medical air cylinders to the refinery, is accused of murder with indifference after investigators examined whether the tanks contained substances that led to the deaths of two engineers

Roni Green Shaulov | 02.23.26

When Israel searched for a kidnapped, raped and murdered 4-year-old — and her killer was freed in 1964

Rachel Levin vanished from her Ramat Gan home in a red dress in February 1953, prompting one of the largest manhunts in the young state’s history; her body was found at the Hiriya dump and the man convicted of raping and killing her was released in 1964

Itzik Shasho, Oded Kramer | 02.21.26

50 murdered in six weeks: man shot dead in Arab town amid crime wave

Jamil Diab from Tamara was pronounced dead at the scene after he was shot in the head; authorities suspect the killing was an act of revenge linked to the fatal shooting last Thursday of Wafaa Awad, 55, a grandmother of 18

Hassan Shaalan | 02.16.26

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Israeli private investigator arrested in Dubai over alleged role in double murder

Michael Greenberg allegedly linked to killers of Russian crypto entrepreneur Roman Novak and his wife; bodies found dismembered in desert as probes span UAE and Russia

Itamar Eichner, Alex Nirenburg | 02.15.26

The Kennedy curse: Assassinations, crashes, overdoses and the Jewish connection

Tragedy followed tragedy for one of the world’s most famous families: two brothers assassinated five years apart, at least four relatives killed in plane crashes, others lost to drug overdoses — and that’s before the car accidents, ski crash and lobotomy, with some blaming an angry rabbi

Omer Daniel | 02.14.26

'Not antisemitism': French man who threw Jewish neighbor from 17th floor sentenced to 18 years in prison

The convicted murderer had published dozens of posts online promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, and had he been convicted of murder with an antisemitic motive he would have faced a life sentence

Itamar Eichner | 02.11.26

With 38 murdered since January, Arab community escalate protest with fountains dyed red, roadblocks

Families of murder victims and activists blocked the entrance to Jerusalem, accusing the authorities of abandoning the fight against rising crime, while protesters dyed fountain water red in Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Haifa to raise public awareness; seven were detained for questioning

Roi Rubinstein, Hassan Shaalan | 02.10.26

Identical twins on trial for double murder in France, but DNA evidence can't tell them apart

Samuel and Jérémy Y., accused in a deadly 2020 gang-related shooting, share identical DNA—leaving investigators unable to prove which twin pulled the trigger; as the trial unfolds, authorities rely on phones, surveillance and wiretaps to break the tie

ynet | 02.09.26

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