Assault

Argument over smoking at Kfar Maccabiah pool ends in stabbing, arrests

The altercation, which occurred in full view of dozens of swimmers, including children, broke out after one man asked another to stop smoking near the pool. 

A view of a Jerusalem swimming pool.
New Haven Police Department screenshot of the alleged perpetrator.

'Go back where you belong': New Haven man slaps kippa off Jewish man's head

An illustrative image of a man in handcuffs, being arrested.

Three Holon minors arrested on suspicion of assaulting student in school bathroom

Illustration of The New York Times application displayed on a smartphone held in hand in Corsica France April 18, 2026.

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Jewish man attacked in suspected antisemitic incident in Berlin

The suspect was released on the spot and is being investigated on suspicion of conducting an assault with an antisemitic motive.

A Berlin police car crosses Stahnsdorfer Damm after police warned the public that a suspected lioness was on the loose in Kleinmachnow, near Berlin, Germany July 20, 2023.

Israel charges preschool teacher with hundreds of child abuse counts

The teacher, Rowan Abdel-Hai, worked for several years at HaGan Shel Sigal Preschool in Hod Hasharon.

Preschool-age children accompanied by teacher (illustrative).

'Shabbat Shalom, Nazi': Israeli attacked for using phone outside synagogue

Footage circulating in the last few hours on social media appears to show a man instigating the altercation with the Israeli woman.

Bike-riders and synagogue-goers. ‘I don’t really miss doing the full ultra-Orthodox Yom Kippur because I don’t really feel the need to check off all the boxes or anything. For me it’s more important to just commemorate the day and have the feel of Yom Kippur,’ says Dovid.

Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

"People ram-raided my home before starting a fire to torch my house, where my wife and my two young children were sleeping," Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun said.

 Police officers detain demonstrators during protests following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer in Nanterre during a traffic stop, in Paris, France, July 2, 2023.

Police data reveals: Which city in Israel has the most sex and drug offenses?

Beersheba and Tel Aviv neighborhoods dominate the drug and sexual offences list while Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem top the homicide list.

NAVEH SHA’ANAN is home to the massive central bus station – a center of pollution, noise, crime, drugs and human trafficking

Foreign worker in Israel hits dog, stabs coworker after asked to stop

In response to his coworker's comment, the assailant grabbed a large knife and began striking and stabbing the victim in the head, body, and hands. 

 Illustrative image of a dog on a leash.

Israeli court fines Border Police officer for assault on Arab-Romani woman

Orian Ben Khalifa had argued against the verdict and sentencing by claiming that the decision could impact her goal to study law.

 Orian Ben Khalifa, a former Israeli police border officer accused of assaulting a Palestinian woman in Jerusalem Old City, seen as she arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2023

Police charge Israeli for strangling, assaulting wife for disturbing sleep

A Lod man in his 30s was indicted for allegedly strangling his wife into unconsciousness for disturbing his sleep.

An Israel Police officer is seen arresting a man on a highway in an illustrative

Gynecologist sexually assaults patients, gets released after less than a year

The decision to release Shechter early means that he will be released from prison after less than a year.

 Doctor writing notes during a session with a patient.

IDF soldier indicted on charges of assaulting, abusing Palestinian

The soldier and three other soldiers reportedly attempted to hide the assault from their commanders.

Golani Brigade soldiers during a nighttime operation to arrest Palestinians with illegal weapons in a West Bank village, on August 29, 2021.