Israel crime rate

Police arrest suspect over double murder of mother, son in Yokne’am Illit

The suspect, whose name is under a gag order, is believed to have killed a mother and her son in their apartment in Yokne’am Illit.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
SOCIAL EQUALITY Minister May Golan stands at her chair at the government table in the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Transferring funding from social development to policing will fuel crime, not fight it, the writer argues.

May Golan's policing proposal will fuel crime, not fight it - opinion

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

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

 An illustrative image of an Israel Police officer.

Police arrest teen suspected of stabbing classmate at school in Ashdod


Israeli-Arab mother shot dead in front of her children

Police don’t do enough to stop sharp increase in violence in Arab communities, NGO charges.

Crime scene [illustrative]

14 arrested for bombing, drugs,weapons, money-laundering ring in Jerusalem

Suspects part of criminal cell operating in Jerusalem.

Israel Police patrol car [File]

Israeli teen stabbed in back outside Old City’s Damascus Gate

Police searching for suspect, say assault a criminal matter not terrorism.

A Border Policeman holds his weapon as he guards the area from above while his comrades patrol at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City

Cousins of murder victim Muhammad Abu Khdeir arrested for litany of violent crimes

Duo accused of throwing firebombs at police, light rail, and shooting automatic weapon at Jewish homes.

Palestinians carry the body of 16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir during his funeral in Shuafat

Supreme Court flips murder into manslaughter for man who killed his rapist

Yonatan Hillo had been convicted of murdering Yaron Ayalin in 2010 and given a 20-year sentence by the Lod District Court in 2013.

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Mafia scion arrested for killing mob prince

Avi Abutbul, 31, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being involved in the murder last Saturday of Shay Shirazi, the son of mob boss Rico Shirazi.

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Arrest in murder of ex-wife of mob witness, gunned down in front of her kids

The suspect was described by police as a man in his 30s from Beersheba, though no further details were given due to a gag order on the case.

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British press publishes postmortem photo of Scottish woman who died in Eilat

“We wanted to keep the photos out as long as we could but we felt like we had no option [but] to print them today”, Pearson's aunt said.

A postmortem photograph of British citizen Julie Pearson

Zionist Union leader questioned under caution as part of probe into graft case

Opposition leader tells ‘Post’ probe will only strengthen him.

Labor Party chief Isaac Herzog at Jerusalem Post office in Jerusalem

Indictments likely against 3 city leaders

Police recommend charging heads of Ramat Gan, Zichron Yaakov and Hatzor Haglilit.

Handcuffs [Illustrative]