Israel police say 24 injured as truck rams into bus stop
- 27-Oct-2024
TEL AVIV: A truck driver rammed his vehicle into a crowd of people at a bus stop in central Israel Sunday, injuring at least 24 people before he was “shot and neutralised”, police said. The driver also hit a bus that had stopped at the same location to drop off passengers, the police said in […]
After outcry, Israel police to probe actions at journalist’s funeral
- 15-May-2022
Israel’s police chief on Saturday ordered an investigation into the actions of officers at the funeral of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after they charged the procession and beat pallbearers, sparking global outrage. Thousands of mourners packed Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday for the burial of the 51-year-old Al Jazeera reporter. The Palestinian-American was killed two […]
More Israelis believe police than PM Netanyahu: polls
- 15-Feb-2018
JERUSALEM: Almost half of Israel’s electorate believe the country’s police, who say they have gathered evidence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for him to be charged with bribery, a poll showed on Wednesday. A police statement on Tuesday said enough evidence had been found for the 68-year-old premier to be charged in two […]
Israeli police lift age restrictions for worshippers at Al-Aqsa on Friday
- 23-Oct-2015
JERUSALEM: Israeli police said they have lifted age restrictions for the main weekly prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday, for the first time in weeks.