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‘Some days stay with you for life’: the Rose Pizem murder that horrified Israel

Retired police commander Ron Gertner recalled leading the investigation into the 2008 murder of 4-year-old Rose Pizem, whose body was found in a suitcase in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon River

Alexandra Lukash | 05.13.26

Cinema North murder: the killer who got music lessons from his victim’s widow

A child Holocaust survivor turned killer, Rafael 'Tommy' Blitz escaped prison, crossed into Syria, won forgiveness from his victim’s widow and seemed rebuilt — until his story took another dark turn

Oded Kramer, Itzik Shasho | 05.09.26

Chinese cover-up exposed: 4 years after jet crash killed 132, pilot murder-suicide found to be cause

Report by the US National Transportation Safety Board on deadly China Eastern Airlines crash finds fuel supply to engines was deliberately cut off from inside the cockpit during struggle between the pilots, amid continued silence of Chinese authorities

Tzippy Shmilovitz, New York | 05.04.26

Israel’s murder toll doubled in 5 years despite police vows to fight crime

New data shows 147 people were murdered in Israel in 2020, compared with 295 in 2025, as deadly violence became increasingly concentrated in Arab communities and northern and coastal districts; police say they need broader powers

Liran Tamari | 04.29.26

New York Belz Hasid abducted, brutally murdered in Colombia

Nochum Yisrael Eber was abducted in an attempted robbery and later murdered by attackers who fled, his body found in a remote area bearing signs of severe violence as efforts continue to bring him to burial in Israel

Shilo Freid | 04.27.26

'The entire community is in shock': Father suspected of killing son, then himself

Police are probing whether a father used his own father’s gun to kill his son in Aviel before taking his own life, as neighbors struggle to process the tragedy

Eitan Glickman | 04.26.26

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

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