Liran Tamari

Following the murder of 24-year-old Mohammed Ashraf Shweiki yesterday in the Abu Tor neighborhood of East Jerusalem, violent riots broke out in the neighborhood and a residential building and vehicle were set on fire, according to suspicions. Police officers and Border Police fighters were dispatched to the scene and are working to restore public order. At this stage, no casualties have been reported. According to suspicions, the background to the murder and riots is an ongoing feud between families.

Passengers say they were informed of an anonymous bomb threat that forced the aircraft to divert to Bulgaria; a delegation of young people scheduled to address the UN was also aboard

Deputy Commissioner Alona Shoshen, head of the Israel Police Human Resources Division, is resigning from her position amid an investigation against her and after months of being suspended from the organization. The investigation against Shoshen was opened in June by the Competition Authority, on suspicion of witness harassment, in connection with the case of Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi. According to the suspicion, Shoshen recorded former Chief Superintendent Lior Abudraham, the former head of the Police Spokesperson's Unit who serves as a key witness in the case, in an attempt to damage his credibility. Following her interrogation, Shoshen was suspended from the police and subsequently did not return to her position. Shoshen has denied the allegations against her and simultaneously filed a complaint against Abudraham on suspicion of sexual harassment, which he denies.

Heavy security activity at several locations around Jerusalem sparks alarm after intelligence warning; elite Yamam police commandos and Shin Bet operatives deployed as part of Team Tequila operation

Heightened security activity was recorded at several locations in the Jerusalem area following intelligence information that sparked alarm. A Tequila team, composed of Border Police and Shin Bet forces, was deployed, and two suspects of security offenses were eventually arrested on Highway 1.

Shin Bet intelligence prompted a major counterterrorism operation near Latrun, with 3 suspects arrested and heavy traffic on Highway 1; no weapons

The suspect in the theft of a weapon from a security guard at the Kanfei Ruach school in Givat Shmuel was caught on camera arriving at the scene on an electric scooter, and while the security guard was drinking his coffee, he took the gun from him and fled.

Two German tourists arrested after photographing the entrance to Damon Prison were released without bail after a Haifa judge found no evidence

Police arrested three suspects for election fraud in the Bedouin diaspora area of the Negev. The suspects were arrested after police received intelligence that several individuals had prepared envelopes with pre-filled ballots and attempted to bribe residents to vote for Ra'am. The envelopes were seized with the ballots, and cash was also found in some of them.

Police say suspects allegedly planned to distribute cash alongside ballot slips for the Arab Ra'am party to influence voters on election day; officers