Crime in Israel

Israel Police arrest four women in tax-refund scam that hit some 500 victims

Three of the suspects worked at a legitimate tax-refund firm, police say, steering clients’ fees into private accounts and cashing out their pensions

Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.
The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025.

Fire extinguishers stolen, emptied in streets as suspected TikTok challenge spreads in Netanya

A weapon is found, being examined by police.

Weapons, millions of shekels in drugs seized by police in major blow to Abu Latif syndicate

New Israeli shekel (NIS) banknotes and coins are seen on a table (illustrative)

Israeli court orders charity officials to repay NIS 1.85 million over diverted cancer donation


Police arrest four in suspected financial crimes linked to Israeli Premier League soccer team

Dozens of the team’s current and former players are expected to be summoned for questioning, while the offenses involve millions of shekels connected to a soccer team.

General view of the Lahav 433 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on August 2, 2026.

Five Palestinian teens arrested over suspected formation of West Bank terror cell

According to police, the group organized as an illegal military force whose members threw Molotov cocktails and stones at Israeli vehicles, roads, and settlement locations in the area.

An Israel Police car, April 13, 2026; illustrative.

Police indict Israeli citizen for plotting terror attack in Jerusalem, pledging allegiance to ISIS

The 18-year-old is suspected of serious offenses against national security, membership in a terrorist organization, and preparing to commit a terrorist act.

(Illustrative) Israeli border police officers stand guard at the entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City on April 6, 2026.

Palestinian West Bank resident arrested for filming Bnei Brak light rail, posing as Israeli

Police said the suspect had previously been involved in security-related incidents and was suspected of participating in terrorist attacks targeting Israelis.

Police arrest Palestinian suspected of filming Bnei Brak light rail station, posing as Israeli, October 13, 2026.

Five suspects held, six released as Ramla assault investigation expands

The victim, a Ramla resident, was lightly injured in the alleged attack on Sunday afternoon.

Israel Police officers operate against suspected extremist settler vandals who allegedly targeted a mosque near Nablus, West Bank, published September 1, 2026.