Israel Police arrested three additional suspects Tuesday evening in connection with the grenade-throwing attacks on Japnika branches, police said. The suspects, a resident of the Gush Dan region aged 18 and two in their 30s, were taken for questioning and will be brought to a remand hearing on Wednesday.
Police arrested three additional suspects Tuesday evening in connection with the grenade-throwing attacks on Japnika restaurants, expanding the investigation that began with the arrest of a 40-year-old suspect earlier Tuesday. The new suspects—a Gush Dan resident aged 18 and two men in their 30s—were taken for questioning and will be brought to a remand hearing Wednesday. The arrests follow a series of violent incidents targeting businesses in central Israel.
The Zioneer reported earlier Tuesday (08:03 Jerusalem) that a grenade was thrown at the Japnika branch in Afula overnight, causing a fire but no injuries. At 14:31 Jerusalem, police arrested two suspects aged 17 and 19 in connection with a fragmentation grenade blast in south Tel Aviv. The thread then developed rapidly: at 20:15 Jerusalem, police announced the initial arrest of a 40-year-old suspect in the shooting and grenade wave. Moments later, multiple news outlets—Channel 12, N12 (citing reporter Yolan Cohen), and ynet—reported the arrest of three additional suspects, with police subsequently confirming the arrests.
The Zioneer has documented a broader wave of violent crime, including a protection-racket grenade attack in Kafr Qara (June 10) and a shooting in Dalit al-Carmel (July 3). The current arrests are part of the ongoing investigation into the attacks on Japnika and other businesses in the Gush Dan and central Israel area.
The investigation remains active. The specific role of each suspect in the Japnika attacks has not been detailed, and the remand hearing Wednesday will determine whether they remain in custody. Police have not indicated whether the arrests are linked to the earlier south Tel Aviv grenade blast or other incidents in the wave.
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