Murder

Thursday's Ayalon car bomb victim identified, estranged husband suspected of murder, detained

Cohen, a former police officer, was killed by an explosive device weighing about half a kilogram, which detonated while she was driving on Highway 20 in the middle of rush hour traffic.

|ByHODAYA RAN
sraeli security forces inspect the scene where a car exploded on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, June 4, 2026.
United Hatzalah responds to double murder in Yafia on June 4, 2026.

Within an hour: Three men killed in two incidents of violent crime amid Arab sector crime crisis

In Yafia, two men in their 30s were fatally shot. Magen David Adom paramedics reported treating the two men for penetrating wounds shortly before reporting that the men had both died at the scene.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SLOT MACHINES at a Barriere Group casino in Enghien-les-Bains, in Paris suburb, on March 12, 2026.

Israeli businessman 'King of Slot Machines' Tony Bargig murdered in Prague

Bargig, 54, had been living and working in Prague for several years, Ynet reported, and had owned several gambling businesses.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Protesters gather outside a court in Petah Tikva, holding signs and calling for justice following the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, a Pizza Hut employee who was stabbed and later died of his wounds on the eve of Independence Day, May 5, 2026.

Four minors face murder charges in killing of Destao Tzakul, indictment expected soon

19-year-old Destao Tzakul was killed just a week before he was scheduled to enlist in the Golani Brigade.

|ByRAMI SHANI

Norwegian teen recruited by Swedish crime group linked to Iran to commit murder

A 19-year-old Norwegian teen traveled to Britain to carry out a murder for money, recruited by a Swedish crime network allegedly tied to the Iranian regime, prosecutors told the court.

JUNE 3, 2026ByREUTERS
A London bus is driven past The Royal Courts of Justice in London, Britain, July 30, 2019

Three arrested in connection to double murder of Ruslan and Olga Prikhodko

This development came less than a day after the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court extended the detention of the main suspect, a 17-year-old resident of Lod.

MAY 30, 2026ByHODAYA RAN
Police patrol on Road 1 near Jerusalem, on February 8, 2026.

Court extends detention of sixteen minors arrested for Independence Day murder of Yemano Zalka

The decision, which approved the State Attorneys' request to extend the minors' decision until further notice, followed an extensive hearing at the Central District Court.

MAY 25, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PEOPLE GATHER outside a court in Lod, calling for justice following the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, on May 10, 2026.

Couple found shot dead in car near central Israel, murder-suicide suspicion grows

Olga and Ruslan Prikhodko, a couple from Rishon Lezion in their 40s, were identified as the two people found dead Friday in a vehicle near Moshav Mishmar Ayalon in central Israel.

MAY 23, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An MDA ambulance is seen near a homicide scene near Daliyat al-Carmel, where a 58-year-old businessman from the Carmel region was shot dead, April 24, 2026.

Tair Rada's mother accuses police of 'dragging their feet' on reopening murder case - report

Ilana's lawyer, Tal Ben-Even, noted that last year the police had established a committee to assess whether to reopen Tair's case. "This is an unusual thing," Ben-Even stated.

MAY 20, 2026ByTZVI JASPER
ILANA RADA, family and friends attend the 19th memorial service for Tair Rada murder at the Katzrin cemetery in the Golan Heights, December 4, 2025.

The murder of Yemanu Zelka: A chilling reflection of Israel’s growing violence - opinion

We are surrounded by violence that is intensifying without anyone stopping it.

MAY 14, 2026ByYOAV ENDE
PEOPLE GATHER outside a court in Lod, calling for justice following the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, on May 10, 2026.

Teenage girl murdered after refusing arranged marriage to cousin, Iraqi women’s rights group claims

The murder was reportedly carried out under the justification of “washing shame,” a term associated with honor killing.

MAY 14, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A young Iraqi girl who has reached the age of wearing a hijab, is clothed in the head covering worn by many Muslim women for the first time during a ceremony organised at the Basra International Stadium in Iraq's southern city of Basra on December 11, 2025.

Tel Aviv serial killer Mohammed Halabi dies in prison due to medical condition

Halabi's killing spree was discovered on October 20, 1989, during the holiday of Sukkot. In total, his victims included two men, one Jewish and one Arab, and five women, both Jewish and Arab.

MAY 11, 2026ByELI ASHKENAZI
A guard opens a door inside a prison that holds foreign prisoners, suspected of being part of the Islamic State, in Hasaka, Syria, January 7, 2020.

Israeli authorities indict 16 teens over Independence Day murder of pizzeria worker

The suspects were also charged with additional offenses, including obstruction of justice and witness tampering.

MAY 10, 2026BySARAH BEN-NUN
YEMANU BINYAMIN Zalka, 21, was stabbed in Petah Tikva on Independence Day and later succumbed to his wounds.

Family criticizes prosecution for indictment of Zalka murder suspect, calls for public rally

“They chose to stick to the dry law. At this rate, the next murder is just around the corner,” said the family of the prosecution's decision to indict the suspect with murder with indifference.

MAY 8, 2026ByARIELLA ROITMAN, HODAYA RAN
Protesters gather outside a court in Petah Tikva, holding signs and calling for justice following the killing of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka, a Pizza Hut employee who was stabbed and later died of his wounds on the eve of Independence Day, May 5, 2026.