Arson

Teens asked ChatGPT about arson punishment before setting fire to Givatayim Japanika restaurant

Among other things, according to the prosecution, Bayach asked: "What is the punishment for burning down a store," and "What does extended prison sentences mean."

The ChatGPT app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Two teenagers indicted over arson attack against Givatayim Japanika restaurant

A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Tel Aviv police arrest two in connection to arson attack targeting Japanika branch in Givatayim

A burnt structure in Ramat Gan, August 7, 2026.

Suspected arson in Ramat Gan leaves seven people injured, three sites affected, authorities say


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Anti-Israel arsonist Casey Goonan gets 20 years for Berkeley and Oakland firebombings

The 35-year-old Oakland and Pleasant Hill resident received 235 months in prison and was ordered to pay over $94,000 in restitution.

A molotov coctail erupting beneath the fuell tank of a police car in California.

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

Blake Richard Hoover.

Multiple fires break out in northern Israel, investigators hunt for cause

The origin of the fires has not yet been determined and a fire investigator will examine the circumstances of the cases.

In a separate incident, firefighting teams from the Ashdod Regional Station responded on Wednesday to a large fire that broke out at an open waste disposal site in the northern industrial zone of Ashdod

Suspect arrested for burglary, arson attempt at Israeli embassy in the Hague - report

No embassy employees were harmed in the incidents, according to reports.

Shashed door at the Israeli embassy at The Hague.

Dover Heights vandalism targeted Jewish leader, Australian police confirm after mastermind charged

Authorities are seeking additional men that "they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries."

 Alex Ryvchin.

UK Labour MP's office set ablaze, arsonist suspected to have been motivated by Gaza war

The arsonist graffitied: "328 days blood on your hands” on MP Sharon Hodgson's office building.

 Sharon Hodgson, Labour Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West introduces at the launch of the Labour party’s local manifesto ahead of Sunderland’s council elections at The Fire Station in Sunderland on February 14, 2022.

Mastermind, accomplice charged for antisemitic attacks across Sydney, may link to wider network

Other suspects were arrested in relation to the Mount Sinai College incident, and were allegedly part of a criminal network orchestrating a series of antisemitic incidents across the state.

 Vandals at the Inner West Newtown Synagogue in Sydney on Saturday morning.

Anti-Israel groups campaign for hunger striking alleged arsonist and UK vandal

Palestine Action member Tueta Hoxha, who was arrested for her alleged involvement in the violent August 2024 Filton factory attack, has been hunger striking for 28 days.

Oakland resident Casey Goonan placing a bag containing six Molotov cocktails under a University of California Police Department (UCPD) patrol car at UC Berkeley on June 1, 2024.

Burning Jerusalem will not bring the hostages home - editorial

Bring the abducted home through resolve, negotiation, and pressure on their captors. Keep Jerusalem safe while you fight for them. That is how a moral society behaves in a time of trial.

View of a car burned after a garbage bin was set on fire by protesters demanding the release of the hostages in Gaza, near the Prime Minister’s residence in Jerusalem, September 3, 2025.