Lod

2025 deadliest year on record for Arab society in Israel, Abraham Initiatives report finds

According to the data, 252 Arab citizens lost their lives in 218 incidents of violence and crime this year, an increase compared to 2024, when 230 people were murdered.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
Emergency service volunteers, together with Jerusalem District Police and other forces, are searching for five people last seen in a Jeep driving near Beit Zayit Dam.

Emergency services halt search for five missing people near Beit Zayit Dam

 Thousands on the platform at the Hashalom Station near Begin Street.

Packed stations, mass delays: Trains across Israel delayed for hours after fatal rail accident

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Judge allows Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich to work with Likud, maintains ban on PMO role


Rivlin promotes unity in Israel at farewell gatherings

Rivlin has less than two months left in which to complete his tenure. His successor will be elected on June 2.

President Reuven Rivlin is seen at a farewell gathering as his term nears its end.

14 Days: The Gaza War

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

Victims of Hamas rocket fire in Israel, May, 2021

Ra'anana Jewish school principal filmed throwing rocks at Arabs in Lod

Meretz chairman MK Nitzan Horowitz calls on Education Minister Yoav Gallant to fire principal

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021.

State of emergency in Lod extended amid riots; Arab work sector strikes

The violence continued across Israel on Monday as police, as well as Fire and Rescue Services, struggled to respond to the volume of incidents.

Israeli police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents rioted in the city, and ongoing this evening. May 12, 2021.

Lod resident, 56, first Jewish victim from Arab riots in mixed city

Seven people suspected of being involved in violent riots in Lod were arrested during the night between Sunday and Monday as additional Border Police units were dispatched to the city.

This is Hamas’s victory image. Policemen stand near a burning police car during clashes with Arab rioters in the Arab-Jewish town of Lod this week.

Mansour Abbas visits Lod, calls for calm amid Arab-Jewish violence

After calling for calm, Abbas also indicated that some of the rioters were not residents of Lod.

Ra'am Party leader Mansour Abbas.

Severe violence, disturbances continue across the country

Arab 12-year old boy suffers severe burns from petrol bomb attack in Jaffa, Arab extremists suspected of mistakenly targeting Arab, not Jewish home.

A burnt out bus after a day of riots in Lod, Israel, May 11, 2021

Jewish, Arab riots leave dozens injured across the country

Netanyahu said during his visit to Lod on Thursday that there is no greater threat than the internal disturbances brewing throughout the country.

Police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents, May 12, 2021

Closure, curfew declared over Lod following severe riots

Hundreds of demonstrators gather outside Lod courthouse to protest ongoing detention of suspects in shooting of rioter Monday night.

Police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents, May 12, 2021

Thousands sign petition for the release of Jewish men after Lod riots

The three Jewish men were arrested during the Lod riots after attacking an Arab citizen, and their detention has been extended, to the anger of many.

Police seen on the streets of the central Israeli city of Lod, where last night synagogues and cars were torched as well as shops damaged, by Arab residents, May 12, 2021