Crime

Three detained amid investigation into unlawful blood sample collections at Kaplan Medical Center

Prof. Kobi George, head of the hospital's cardiology department, was suspended following the launch of the hospital's internal investigation about two weeks ago.

Man in handcuffs - illustrative
Police arrest suspects in an international fraud investigation.

Investigation into international fraud network based in Israel, Cyprus sees seven suspects arrested

Prison

Man sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping six-year-old niece over a decade ago

IDF MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL Maj.-Gen. Itay Offir seen speaking at the Israel Bar Association's annual conference in Eilat, May 2026.

IDF indicted 'fair number' of soldiers over Gaza conduct, 'NAZA' film, military legal chief reveals


Netivei Ayalon Chairman Idan David identified as suspect detained by Lahav 433 on Thursday

As of the time of writing, David is still listed on the Rishon Lezion-headquartered company's website as "Chairman of the Board of Directors."

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

Herzog calls elderly Arab man attacked at Damascus gate, expresses sympathy, support

Herzog told Ahmed al-Husseini, 66, that he was "truly saddened to see what happened to you, and I think the entire people of Israel was deeply pained to see this incident."

President Isaac Herzog visits the IDF’s Judea and Samaria Division headquarters near the settlement of Beit El in the West Bank, September 30, 2026; Illustrative.

Christa Pike getting 'life-saving medical care' after surviving Tennessee execution

Her lawyers repeated their calls for Pike's sentence to be commuted to life in prison after enduring what they called "chemical torture."

Witness Catherine Sweeney with WPLN recounts the planned execution of Christa Pike at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, US, September 30, 2026. Pike had not been declared dead when the witnesses were asked to leave the room they were witnessing in.

Killing of mafia head Yushayev leaves Hadera vulnerable to further organized criminal violence

Yushayev was shot dead at a restaurant in Caesarea on August 23. His murder continues to occupy both police investigators and figures in the region's criminal underworld.

Yanis Yushayev

Christa Pike set to be first Tennessee woman executed in 200 years, lawyers ask Gov. Lee for mercy

Pike's lawyers have since uncovered documented proof of her childhood sexual and physical abuse. She was reportedly raped several times as a toddler and throughout her teenage years.

Christa Gail Pike, 36, the only woman on Tennessee's Death Row, is pictured in this 2007 Tennessee Department of Correction booking photograph obtained by Reuters March 22, 2012.

Pakistani teenager suspected to have used AI system for guidance in attempted poisoning of father

The NCCIA said in a statement that the suspect was influenced by the popular US television series Breaking Bad and had asked various AI chatbots for information on how to produce methanol. 

 A poison warning on a bottle; illustrative

Chinese national among 212 arrested in Pakistan as authorities crack down on call center fraud

Authorities recovered a large amount of equipment from the raided sites, including almost 400 computers and more than 300 phones.

Pakistani police officers keeping security in a public area. Ilustrative.

German prosecutors investigate alleged 105-year-old former-Nazi PoW camp guard over WWII crimes

Germany hasn't had a statute of limitations for murder or accessory to murder since 1979, allowing the prosecution of Nazi crimes from WWII.

 BARRACKS AT the Stutthof concentration camp, photographed after its liberation.

Court adds two years to sentence of man who stole cars from Kibbutz Be'eri after Oct. 7

Judges Gilat Shalev, Itay Bresler-Gonen, and Fani Gilat Cohen accepted the state’s appeal against the original five-and-a-half-year sentence, while rejecting Haddad’s appeal.

The remains of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, as seen on Jan. 4, 2024.

Hadera man arrested for allegedly assaulting nurse at Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

According to police, a patient approached the nurse during her shift, and an argument developed during which he allegedly began behaving violently and verbally abusing her.

A nurse walks through the corridors of the sterile ward at the Timone pediatric hospital in Marseille on January 23, 2026. (Illustrative)