Hodaya Ran

Hodaya Ran is a crime reporter for Walla.


A building at the campus of the Weizmann Institute of Science remains damaged following an Iranian missile strike on Sunday, in Rehovot, Israel June 19, 2025

Survivors of Holocaust face new hardships after missile attack on Rehovot center

Most of the time it works well, why didn't it this time? Israel's Home Front Command app (photo credit: screenshot)Most of the time it works well, why didn't it this time? Israel's Home Front Command app

IDF says technical malfunction caused failure to warn of Iran barrage that killed two

 The accused assailant in a child abuse case at a kindergarten.

Three-year-old locked in bathtub sink: Kindergarten teacher faces 3.5 years in jail for abuse


Gantz to Netanyahu: ‘You have opposition support, bring the hostages home now’

National Unity leader Benny Gantz says the opposition will back a hostage deal and urges Netanyahu to act swiftly: "You stand at a critical crossroads."

 National Unity Party Chairman Benny Gantz at the Makor Rishon Settlement Conference in Ofra, May 6, 2025.

Senior MDA paramedic under investigation for sexually abusing teenage girls

The paramedic, who is also a Holon municipal employee allegedly committed rape, indecent acts, soliciting minors in exchange for money, and threatening alleged victims with a weapon.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

'All day, I'm scratching and it hurts': PIJ publishes video of hostage Rom Braslavski

Braslavski, who worked as a security guard, was taken from the Nova Music Festival after he stayed behind to save others.

 Rom Braslavski, who was taken hostage on October 7 at the Nova Music Festival (illustration).

Police raid law office without warrant, threaten staff, seize CCTV footage

The office staff told Walla that the police did not present a search warrant from a court, and thus, the staff claim, police acted unlawfully.

 Police raiding a law office in Tira without a warrant to seize CCTV footage that could contain evidence relating to a murder, April 13, 2025.

What happens after sexual assault? A guide to immediate care in Israel

Acute care units for survivors of sexual assault currently operate in 11 hospitals across Israel, providing comprehensive medical, emotional, and forensic care.

 The Lotus Center - acute care room at Kaplan medical center

Extortionists posed as women online, trapped victims with intimate photos

After posing as women on Telegram, two men from Rishon LeZion and Holon extorted thousands of shekels from unsuspecting victims.

 Catching culprits who duped women out of thousands of shekels via Telegram.

Man of fear: Indictment filed against man who claimed supernatural powers to commit abuse

Investigators claim that the assailant would stare down his opponents in the courtroom in a "case unlike any other."

 Avraham Alok, who claimed to have supernatural abilities to take advantage of women and others.

Israel Police to investigate terrorist display planted in pickup truck

Israel Police from the Kfar Saba station detained three suspects - residents of Kfar Saba, Tel Aviv, and a settlement in the West Bank - on suspicion of improper conduct in a public space.

A protest display set up in Kfar Saba featured figures of three terrorists in the trunk of a white pickup truck, resembling the October 7 Hamas infiltration into southern Israeli communities.

Third document passed by Ari Rosenfeld to Feldstein has been revealed

The document discusses, according to the indictment, a Hamas operation that planned to exert psychological pressure against the State of Israel. 

 Eliezer Feldstein, the central suspect in the PMO security leak affair.

Ari Rosenfeld named as NCO involved in PMO documents leak case

Regarding the request to release additional details from the indictment and hearing protocols, Judge Ala’a Masarwa agreed to review the restrictions on the gag order.

 Ari Rosenfeld, the NCO named in the PMO document leak affair.