Crime

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ.com reported receiving an email from someone claiming to know the identities of the abductors and to have video of the "main guy" involved in her kidnapping.

Officers from the Israel Police's Counterterrorism Unit (YAMAM) apprehended the suspect, while Shin Bet provided intelligence support to the forces, the statement said.

The girl's screams, clearly audible in the final seconds of a video documenting the drama, are heard by passing drivers, who realize something bad is unfolding and jump into action.

The year-long Imams as Community Leaders program brought Islamic leaders from across the country to study community resilience, conflict resolution, and violence prevention strategies.

The incident follows a previous arson at the same cafe in May, after the owner reportedly received threats over the cafe’s Saturday opening.

Prosecutors say fingerprints and location data linked suspect Osher Peretz to the sophisticated device though he denies building or hiding it.

Police suspect the alleged stabber came to the yeshiva to pray with the rabbi. At the time, several former criminals who had returned to religious observance were also sitting around the rabbi.

The meeting comes after five people were murdered in four separate incidents in Taiba, Kalansuwa, Jaffa, and Holon within less than 12 hours.

Authorities said the foreign nationals were being held temporarily at the police station pending their transfer to a detention facility in the capital.

The government approved the Finance Minister's proposal to provide an economic safety net for victims of protection fees amounting to tens of millions of shekels.