Crime

Zini, along with others, was charged with aiding the enemy during wartime, prohibited dealings in property for terror purposes, obtaining something by aggravated fraud, and accepting bribes.

According to the Southern District Attorney’s Office, this was an “organized, systematic, and sophisticated smuggling operation of various goods into the Gaza Strip in exchange for financial gain.”

The accused are believed to have been responsible for smuggling millions of shekels' worth of goods into Gaza for Hamas, both while the Gaza war was still ongoing and after the ceasefire began. 

The killing on Tuesday night marks the third fatal shooting in less than 48 hours. Critics argue the crime wave has worsened since Itamar Ben-Gvir became National Security Minister in 2022.

According to police, an undercover investigation into alleged diversion of wartime donations led to searches at homes and offices and to the detainees being taken for questioning.

As citizens of the country, they need the government to treat this epidemic with full force and commitment that it would devote to a spate of violent crime and murder in any other area of Israel

On Saturday night, police brought the suspect to the Haifa Magistrate’s Court, where the woman's defense attorney said she, a mother of two, discovered her husband mid-sex act with a coworker.

It is in the moments when a society chooses not to remain silent, when it decides to organize, set boundaries, and confront crime, that the truly important story begins.

The suspect, described by investigators as a Chinese national who ran a hair salon in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, was detained on Tuesday, and later released pending proceedings.

Demonstrators waved black flags and held signs reading “Stop the war of crime,” “We are with you, you are not alone,” and “This isn’t helplessness, it’s policy.”