A court extended the remand of four suspects arrested in connection with shooting and grenade-throwing incidents in the Gush Dan (central Israel) area, according to reports. The suspects are being investigated for involvement in the attacks.
A court on Wednesday morning extended the remand of four suspects arrested in connection with a series of shooting and grenade-throwing attacks on businesses in the Gush Dan region of central Israel. The four suspects include a 40-year-old man arrested Tuesday evening and three additional suspects — an 18-year-old and two in their 30s — taken into custody later that same evening, as The Zioneer reported.
The Zioneer first reported on Tuesday at 20:15 Jerusalem that police had arrested a 40-year-old suspect in the attacks. Within the same hour, reports emerged of three additional arrests, confirmed by multiple news outlets including Channel 12, ynet, and N12. The investigation, which initially focused on the first suspect, expanded to include the three others, all residents of the Gush Dan region. The remand extension brings the total number of suspects in custody to four as the investigation continues.
The arrests are part of a broader police crackdown on organized crime in the Arab sector. On Tuesday, six grenade-throwing incidents were recorded across northern Israel within hours, as The Zioneer reported earlier that day. Police have also been conducting Operation Iron Net, a nationwide sweep targeting criminal clans, and arrested two suspects in a separate south Tel Aviv grenade blast on Tuesday afternoon.
Details of the remand extension, including its length, have not been disclosed. The investigation remains under a court-ordered gag order in some aspects, and the link between the four suspects and the specific Japanika restaurant attacks reported earlier remains unclear.
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