Yoav Etiel

Yoav Etiel is a journalist and reporter for Walla.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

HRF claims Ben-Gvir canceled UN police summit visit over legal complaints

Police at the scene where two people were murdered in Haifa, northern Israel, February 18, 2026. Ilustrative.

Teenager killed in Haifa marks 150th person murdered by violence in Arab sector in 2026

New York Police Department officers in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, May 16, 2023.

Man known to police, security enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat is removed by bystander


Sanctions at ILA Haifa: Public reception has been suspended

A year after Haifa's Sail Tower was struck by an Iranian missile and staff relocated, the Finance Ministry cancelled their half-hour adaptation period.

The Sail Tower before the missile strike

Police arrest suspect in Netanya rabbi's murder as at least three killings recorded in one day

Police suspect the alleged stabber came to the yeshiva to pray with the rabbi. At the time, several former criminals who had returned to religious observance were also sitting around the rabbi.

RABBI AMOS GUETTA, murdered on July 1, 2026.

HRF petitions Lithuanian court to investigate Israeli dental student for alleged Gaza war crimes

In its March complaint to Lithuanian authorities, the HRF claimed that S.G. served in the “Vampire Empire” company of the 52nd Battalion in the 401st Armored Brigade.

 The new Israeli "Barak" tank

Car explosion leaves one dead near Haifa, police investigating incident as a murder

There are fears that the murder will reignite a long-standing conflict between the Hariri crime organization and other criminal groups.

Car exploded in Kiryat Haim, MDA said.

Israelis arrested at Philippines Chabad house for overstaying visas, working without permits

Authorities said the foreign nationals were being held temporarily at the police station pending their transfer to a detention facility in the capital.

ISRAELIS ARRESTED in the Philippines for suspected immigration violations.

Gerrer Hasid accused of massive fraud extradited to the US

After years of delays and legal proceedings in Israel, Michael Fein landed in New York and will stand trial in Missouri on suspicion of forging data and inflating budgets to obtain giant loans.

Illustration, the person photographed has no connection to the article

Venezuela's Jewish communities launch emergency fundraiser following devastating earthquake

“About 80 Jewish families have lost their homes, and another 200 are afraid to return home. The community is currently assisting all of them,” a member of Caracas’s Jewish community told Walla.

A view of the remains of a building that collapsed after earthquakes hit the country, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 25, 2026.

WATCH: IDF demolishes 200-meter-long terror tunnel in southern Lebanon

The tunnel contained hundreds of weapons and several shafts from which rockets would be launched towards Israel, according to Netanyahu and Katz's statement. 

Israeli soldiers operate near the Israel–Lebanon border during Operation “Roar of the Lion,”. March 16, 2026.

Umm el-Fahm schools close in protest of MK Zvi Sukkot visit

Schools across Umm el-Fahm closed as residents protested Sukkot’s inspection, while he alleged terrorist linked figures were entering classrooms.

Knesset Education Committee chair MK Zvi Sukkot visits Umm el-Fahm, June 28, 2026.

Haifa drug lab busted as police crack down on networks flooding the market with illegal substances

During the operation, officers located an apartment suspected of being used for drug cultivation. A search of the premises led to the seizure of cannabis with a total weight of about seven kilograms.

Israel Police at an Ashdod crime scene, June 21, 2026.