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The arrest took place on February 19, 2025, following extensive monitoring of the mayor's social media posts.

The indictment charged the suspects with offenses of serious injury and abuse under aggravated assault. 

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

Dandis went to Nahal Telem in December 2007 with friends in order to cause the death of Jewish soldiers, the military continued.

Russian investigators said that on October 29, 2023, Ilya Ponomarev, Abakar Abakarov, and Israel Akhmednabiyev incited hatred and violence against Israelis

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

The officers were also accused of attempting to destroy evidence of the incident from their GoPro cameras and cell phones.

The indictment, which lists 59 charges, accuses Ben Ari of publishing dozens of racist statements against Arab citizens of Israel between 2017 and 2023. 

"Political elements are pressuring the law enforcement to make this a watershed," said the brother of a suspect, adding that this is out of the playbook of autocracies.

The terrorist is a resident of the West Bank, who carried out the attack in Jaffa, where seven civilians were murdered and 16 others wounded.