Two Israelis were murdered in separate cases in LA, one was beaten to death, and three suspects were arrested. Police probe both as homicides. No link confirmed.
A police officer was seriously wounded in the incident. Two of the three members were pronounced dead from the gunfire.
Police officers reportedly feared to intervene as the mob set the man on fire.
Ten people were murdered in different parts of the country as violence gripped the Arab community, with most of the murders occurring as part of family and criminal feuds.
The attackers acted "out of deep hatred" and planned additional foiled attacks, including one targeting an IDF spokesperson.
The murderer was nicknamed "the chessboard killer" by the media because he told detectives in a confession that he had hoped to put a coin on every square of a chessboard for each of his victims.
Hamas loyalists claimed that Odai al-Rabei's alleged participation in anti-Hamas protests meant he was a "traitor."
The 84-year-old's remains were discovered at his home on May 13 with a number of suspicious injuries.
New DNA evidence led Italian prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the 2007 murder of 26-year-old Italian woman.
The nurse is accused of injecting his victims with overdoses of painkillers or sedatives, sometimes in combination with other medications.
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