Hodaya Ran

Hodaya Ran is a crime reporter for Walla.


An attorney has urged the Shin Bet to act after three Jewish hilltop youth allegedly attacked a pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa, warning that settler violence is being shifted from the West Bank into Israel’s cities.

Attorney urges Shin Bet action after alleged Jaffa attack by Hilltop Youth

Police have opened an investigation after footage circulated online showing a child riding a scooter and extinguishing candles on a hanukkiah at the entrance to a residential courtyard in Ramle, the police announced on Sunday.

Police open probes into candle extinguishing during Hanukkah

Ronen Gofman at a ceremony while commander of the IDF's 210th Division, September 2022.

'Danger to Israel’s national security': Elmakayes warns against Gofman's Mossad appointment


Packed stations, mass delays: Trains across Israel delayed for hours after fatal rail accident

Israel Railways announced that the trains have since returned to full operation.

 Thousands on the platform at the Hashalom Station near Begin Street.

Court indicts eight minors for lynching a 16-year-old in Herzliya park

The lynching happened on November 2, involving eight minors, aged 14 to 16, who met with the victim at a Herzliya park and proceeded to attack him upon arrival.

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Two National League players, former player arrested for rape in Tel Aviv

Two National League players and a former player are arrested after a 29-year-old US tourist accuses them of rape during her stay in Tel Aviv.

 View of an Israel Police vehicle.

Israel Police cracking down after synthetic drugs kill three in same week

Three young people in central Israel have died after consuming synthetic drugs, raising alarms over the growing dangers and accessibility of these substances.

(Illustrative) A customs officer displays Captagon pills. Sofia, 12, 2007.

Israeli prosecutors to indict Jaffa teen suspected of spying on behalf of ISIS, Hamas

Police said a 14-year-old from Jaffa filmed sensitive Israeli sites for ISIS and Hamas, and attempted to prepare explosives before his arrest in Ramallah.

An Islamist terrorist conducting espionage; illustrative.

Netanya as a vacation destination? We raised an eyebrow too

I arrived in Netanya skeptical, and ended up surprised: The David Tower Hotel is not a place for a long vacation, but a perfect spot for 24 hours of disconnection.

David Tower Hotel

23-year-old Dead Sea hotel employee arrested under suspicion of spying for Iran

Additionally, indictments were filed against two others who were reportingly working with the Islamic Republic.

 Dead Sea

Police arrest ex-MK Haneen Zoabi over alleged terrorism incitement

Zoabi was arrested over remarks she made several months ago at a conference held abroad.

MK Haneen Zoabi

Yeshiva student charged with raping minor at public pool, threatening to cut off penis

Yeshiva student Yitzhak Frankel, age 19, was arrested for raping and assaulting a 14-year-old boy at a swimming pool, cutting his stomach to taste his blood, and threatening to cut off his penis.

Yeshiva student and accused rapist Yitzhak Frankel.

Prime Minister's Residence security guard sexually harassed female coworkers, court finds

A security guard at the Prime Minister's Residence inappropriately touched and filmed his female coworkers without their consent, a court ruling revealed.

Security guards stand at the entrance of the then-prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, November 9, 2017; illustrative.