Murder

Forensics unable to determine Eldar Dayan's cause of death, suspects released from house arrest

The decision does not close the investigation or clear the suspects, but without knowing how Dayan died, police have been unable to establish the evidence needed to sustain a murder allegation.

Eldar Dayan.
Police escort suspect in lawyer murder case, August 4, 2026.

Prosecutor files statement against suspect in killing of attorney Arbel Feldman

Yanis Yushayev

Caucasian mafia head Yanis Yushayev killed in shooting at Caesarea gas station

Israeli security forces respond to a crime scene in east Jerusalem on August 22, 2026.

Three killed as east Jerusalem family feud erupts into gunfire, Molotov cocktail attacks


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.

sraeli security forces inspect the scene where a car exploded on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, 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.

United Hatzalah responds to double murder in Yafia on June 4, 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.

SLOT MACHINES at a Barriere Group casino in Enghien-les-Bains, in Paris suburb, on March 12, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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