Arson

IDF, Shin Bet arrest West Bank terrorists who started fire near Palestinian village

The IDF's statement follows a Ynet News report earlier on Saturday about Hebrew graffiti and a Star of David sprayed on the still-under-construction home of Kusra resident Louis Beyruti.

 IDF soldiers operate in the village of Tell, near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 25, 2026; Illustrative.
The Wuppertal Synagogue.

In broad daylight: Germany arrests Afghan national for setting fire at entrance to synagogue

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis attends the scene after four Hatzolah ambulances were set on fire overnight on March 23, 2026 in London, England.

London Jews warn of security crisis after antisemitic arson attacks

Sara Netanyahu attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026.

Sara Netanyahu rejects apology demand from Jerusalem protest-fire defendant, seeks NIS 5m.


Father of Duma killer seeks pardon from president, citing 'wrongful conviction'

Amiram Ben Uliel was convicted in 2020 of the murder of three members of the Dawabsheh family in an arson attack in the West Bank village of Duma.

 Amiram Ben Uliel, accused of the Duma arson murder in July 2015 where three members of the Dawabshe family were killed, arrives to a court hearing on his appeal, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on March 7, 2022.

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Anti-Israel arsonist Casey Goonan gets 20 years for Berkeley and Oakland firebombings

The 35-year-old Oakland and Pleasant Hill resident received 235 months in prison and was ordered to pay over $94,000 in restitution.

A molotov coctail erupting beneath the fuell tank of a police car in California.

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

Blake Richard Hoover.

Multiple fires break out in northern Israel, investigators hunt for cause

The origin of the fires has not yet been determined and a fire investigator will examine the circumstances of the cases.

In a separate incident, firefighting teams from the Ashdod Regional Station responded on Wednesday to a large fire that broke out at an open waste disposal site in the northern industrial zone of Ashdod

Suspect arrested for burglary, arson attempt at Israeli embassy in the Hague - report

No embassy employees were harmed in the incidents, according to reports.

Shashed door at the Israeli embassy at The Hague.

Dover Heights vandalism targeted Jewish leader, Australian police confirm after mastermind charged

Authorities are seeking additional men that "they believe may be able to assist with their inquiries."

 Alex Ryvchin.

UK Labour MP's office set ablaze, arsonist suspected to have been motivated by Gaza war

The arsonist graffitied: "328 days blood on your hands” on MP Sharon Hodgson's office building.

 Sharon Hodgson, Labour Member of Parliament for Washington and Sunderland West introduces at the launch of the Labour party’s local manifesto ahead of Sunderland’s council elections at The Fire Station in Sunderland on February 14, 2022.

Mastermind, accomplice charged for antisemitic attacks across Sydney, may link to wider network

Other suspects were arrested in relation to the Mount Sinai College incident, and were allegedly part of a criminal network orchestrating a series of antisemitic incidents across the state.

 Vandals at the Inner West Newtown Synagogue in Sydney on Saturday morning.

Anti-Israel groups campaign for hunger striking alleged arsonist and UK vandal

Palestine Action member Tueta Hoxha, who was arrested for her alleged involvement in the violent August 2024 Filton factory attack, has been hunger striking for 28 days.

Oakland resident Casey Goonan placing a bag containing six Molotov cocktails under a University of California Police Department (UCPD) patrol car at UC Berkeley on June 1, 2024.