Nashat Milhem, the Israeli Arab who went on a shooting spree on Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Street last week and subsequently managed to elude law enforcement since then, has reportedly been shot dead near a building in the Wadi Ara region.
Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of rape and taking bribes.
A Jerusalem man was indicted for aggravated fraud on Wednesday after attempting to sell his daughter to an undercover policeman.
Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich has told his anticorruption chief he can keep his job because no basis was found to further investigate claims of sexual harassment against him.
The groom from the so-called “wedding of hate,” a video of which was revealed last week, was arrested by Israel Police on Tuesday.
Three men were badly hurt – including one listed as critical – after their car exploded in a suspected underworld hit in Rishon Lezion on Monday afternoon.
A Jerusalem resident in his 30s was collared by an undercover police officer on Thursday after trying to sell his 3-month-old baby girl for NIS 100,000 ($25,700) to cover gambling debts, police said.
Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet) abuse of the suspects in the Duma arson case was so cruel that one suspect attempted to commit suicide, it was revealed during a court hearing Sunday.
Israeli Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom announced his resignation from public office on Sunday evening, following several allegations of sexual assault.
A woman linked to the Interior Ministry on Sunday said employees in the ministry were well aware of the “daily” sexual harassment by Silvan Shalom, but were too afraid to step forward.