A police source tells N12 that a series of grenade-throwing incidents across the country overnight represent a significant escalation in the criminal feud between the Jarushi and Mosli crime families. The source said police 'identify a significant rise in criminal incidents and understand very well who is connected to whom,' and are working to stop the wave.
A police source told N12 that a series of grenade-throwing incidents across the country overnight represents a significant escalation in the criminal feud between the Jarushi and Mosli crime families. The confirmation from a police official comes hours after The Zioneer reported a wave of attacks: at 06:46 Jerusalem, the desk published a thread documenting six fragmentation grenade attacks, including two at branches of the Japnika restaurant chain, with N12 journalist Yolan Cohen describing the situation as a 'total loss of control.' A subsequent update tallied nearly 10 shooting and grenade incidents in the past 72 hours.
The thread began with an initial report of a grenade thrown at a Japnika branch in Afula, followed by reports of damage at Japnika branches in Netanya and Afula. By 06:46, police were already linking the six overnight attacks to a criminal family dispute, and journalists reported a total of six grenade attacks. The new police source now explicitly labels the overnight events as a 'significant escalation' in the Mosli-Jarushi feud, offering official attribution for the pattern that had been reported based on media accounts.
As The Zioneer reported on Monday, two security incidents were linked to the escalation in the Mosli-Jarushi feud. The broader criminal violence in Israel's Arab sector has been a recurring theme, with police investigating whether a July 2 shooting in Lod was tied to a similar clan-and-crime feud, as The Zioneer reported at the time.
The police source's account is based on a single on-record statement cited by N12. The full number of overnight incidents, any casualties, and arrests have not been independently confirmed. The extent to which the attacks target the Japnika chain, owned by businessman Barak Abramov, remains part of the police investigation.
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