Israeli police

After Netanyahu meets police chief, Israel's elections head warns against vote interference

Netanyahu to Sohlberg: Discussion was on security threats, rather than election integrity • Police chief Levy: 'police will do everything in their power to safeguard Israeli democracy'

Prime Minister and Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv as part of the Likud party’s election campaign ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 22, 2026.
Iranian woman pretending to be a member of the Yahalomi family in Namibia on October 7, 2026.

Namibia arrests Iranian women claiming to be Israeli, mistaken for Yahalomis

Arab-Israeli protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Tel Aviv to draw attention to the rising crime rates in their community on January 31. PremiumPremium

Israel's war within: As murders mount, the Arab sector struggles to escape a cycle of violence

Illustrative: Hand grenade -  A member of the Popular Resistance Committee holds up a grenade during a rally in Gaza City, 27 April 2006.

Two Bat Yam residents charged in Japanika grenade attack linked to gang dispute


Police arrest dozens of soccer players suspected of fraud and embezzlement

They are suspected of fraud and embezzlement of public funds. Also held and questioned were a doctor, a lawyer, and a staffer at the NII. 

Illustrative: Police car at night

Systemic Shin Bet leaks are erosion of security services' integrity, apolitical nature - editorial

The Shin Bet has revealed that over the past year, it has investigated more than 20 separate incidents of classified information leaks from security agencies.

 Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bereaved families leave IDF's Nova massacre probe meeting in anger

The Hostage Families Forum stated that the investigation was “superficial,” with facts that were “inaccurate at best, lies at worst.”

 The Nova Festival Massacre Memorial Site at Re’im Parking Lot

Israel Police investigate four camels found dead in Negev

The camels were found in a state of decomposition with no shell casings at the site, indicating that they were not killed by gun fire.

  FORTY CAMELS took part in the race in the Negev Highlands on Nov. 1.

Israel Police raid east Jerusalem bookstore, arrest owner - report

The family of the co-owner said that the police confiscated books and placed an order for the store to be closed, all without a search or arrest warrant.

 The Educational Bookshop in east Jerusalem.

Thirteen pistols thrown from moving vehicle on Highway 6, suspect arrested

Northern District police stopped the vehicle near Yokneam after a suspect scattered weapons along the highway; indictment pending against southern resident.

 Glock-style pistols confiscated by Israel Police.

Police seized 38 smuggled guns in Afula, including M16s, Kalashnikovs

Authorities searched two vehicles in the northern city and later arrested three residents of Zarzir, a village west of Nazareth, as suspects.

 Israel Police and IDF units retrieve a cache of weapons in Afula, January 31, 2025.

Trust in Israel Police declines, Israelis suspect politicians impact police decisions - IDI

Trust in police spiked to 59% of Jewish Israelis after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, during which Israel Police fought heroically to defend Israeli citizens.

 Israel Police officers inspect remains of a ballistic missile fired from Yemen, near Moshav Kfar Daniel, September 15, 2024

Former police officer indicted for sexual act against two minors

A former police officer was indicted last week for sexual crimes against minors, it was announced on Monday.

 Grindr, same-sex dating app, shown on a phone screen

Israeli government approves Ben-Gvir's police chief appointment Danny Levi

NGOs petitioned for the appointment while calling out Levi's track record.

Newly appointed Police Commissioner Daniel Levi at a ceremony of new appointments and ranks of the Israeli police, at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, on July 4, 2023.