General Security Service arrested dozens involved in Riots in Arab localities and mixed cities

The General Security Service, which is the Israeli FBI, in cooperation with the police, has in recent days arrested dozens of suspects in assault events carried out throughout the country, including Arabs who were involved in two serious attacks on Jews, the service said on Sunday. It was further stated that some of the detainees linked themselves to the suspicions against them.
In one incident in the village of Kanna, Arab rioters attacked a Jew who accidentally entered the village with his vehicle. He was rescued moderately, and his vehicle was also burned. In another incident, a Jewish family was attacked while entering Umm al-Fahm by car. A rifle was attached to the head of the father of the family, and the family members, including three children, were injured.
The GSS also stated that it was prepared "to make additional arrests on suspicion of involvement in additional terrorist acts from recent days."

Also on Saturday evening, riots and violent riots continue in Arab localities and mixed cities in the country, against the background of Operation in Gaza. The riots began at the end of Shabbat, and the police announced a curfew in Lod, which they mark as the main boiling point, starting at 19:00.
To this end, and at the request of the Israel Police, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz extended the validity of the declaration of a "civil emergency" in Lod by an additional 48 hours. He toured the city and gave Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai a declaration extending the validity of the civil emergency event in the city. Gantz acted by virtue of the powers granted to him by the declaration of a state of emergency in the home front. With lawbreakers. "
Earlier, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi and Gantz offered the commissioner logistical assistance in managing events across the country, using helicopters to move police officers from place to place. Earlier, detectives from the Central District Central Unit, in cooperation with the GSS, arrested about 30 people, including 12 known criminals in Lod. During the search, a Carlo rifle was seized.
Shabtai referred to allegations that he accused Jewish power chairman Itamar Ben Gvir of "igniting an intifada" and said he did not intend to address any specific factor. He said, "There are factors from all corners of the political spectrum who have contributed their part to the situation we are in at the moment."
He noted that there has been a lull in the last two days all over the country and said: "We responded to what we could. Nothing can be prevented. Today we are prepared and deployed in a stronger and greater way with concentration of effort and concentration of forces so that there is a response to all those incidents. "I think the mood will calm down. All the lawbreakers from the previous days, in the lynchings, in the vandalism of the equipment, we will take them into account. So far there have been excellent successes in prosecuting a large part of all those perpetrators of those events."
According to him, the Israeli police have made close to a thousand arrests in recent days. More than 420 of the detainees remained in subsequent proceedings towards the end of proceedings and legal extraction. He called on "leaders wherever they are" to calm the spirits, call for rapprochement and restore order.
Meanwhile, the Magistrate's Court in Haifa extended the detention of Sheikh Kamal Khatib until Thursday. His arrest led to riots in the village of Cana. Outside the court today, about 300 people demonstrated, some of its supporters and others due to the detention extensions of dozens of the rioters. Bassel Farah, the son of Musawa CEO Jafar, was released this evening without restrictions. He was arrested by the GSS on Thursday.
Due to disturbances, traffic routes throughout the country were blocked. Road 444 is blocked for traffic from Tzur Yitzhak to the north, Road 5614 is blocked for traffic at the entrance to Qalansawa. Police advise drivers to take alternative routes. The Fordis area is also closed tonight in all directions due to disturbances. Road 4 is blocked for traffic from the Fordis junction to the Dor junction in both directions. Road 67 is blocked for traffic from the Zichron junction (Road 2) through Fordis to the Shfeya junction.
At Rachel's Tomb in the Bethlehem area, about 200 people rioted, throwing Molotov cocktails, stones, fireworks and two pipe bombs. Border guards responded by dispersing demonstrations. In the Shuafat refugee camp, about 50 masked men threw Molotov cocktails and stones - and even there, border guards dispersed the rioters by means of dispersing demonstrations. The Border Police said arrests were expected later.
Earlier, Homeland Security Minister Amir Ohana referred to a case in which an 11-year-old boy was hit by a Molotov cocktail in Jaffa and said that "there are different directions for this investigation, there is no final conclusion and it is too early to determine. I understand that the target was not an Arab house." "Jews who also suffered from this incident, and I guess that was the goal. It is still being investigated and it is worth waiting for the final conclusions, I guess it will arrive in the near future." Ohana added that "the terror of Molotov cocktails is very dangerous. Yesterday in Lod a man tried to set fire to a Molotov cocktail and was shot with a Roger rifle. I condemn any kind of incitement and any kind of violence against both journalists and others and of course we will act to protect you."
Tonight, the police and the GSS arrested a resident of Umm al-Fahm on suspicion of setting fire to the police station in the city, as well as setting fire to a vehicle. It was also reported that "the Israel Police and the General Security Service continue to act against rioters in the riots in Wadi Ara last night." In the case, it will be decided whether to hold a hearing tomorrow in the Hadera court on a request to extend his detention.
In Tiberias, the reserve fighters in the Border Police of the Israel Police have identified a number of suspects who are raging with batons in Tiberias. The four suspects, young men in their 20s from Marina, were arrested while reserve fighters were on a bus ride on their way to an activity in the village of Cana. The suspects got into the vehicle and continued to a nearby gas station, where the bus carrying Border Police fighters drove after them and stopped the vehicle.

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