Signs of gunfire were found at the Japnika restaurant branch in Herzliya on Tuesday morning. No casualties were reported.
Police confirmed on Tuesday morning that signs of gunfire were found at the Japnika restaurant branch in Herzliya, according to a report received by The Zioneer desk. No casualties were reported. The confirmation follows a string of violent incidents targeting the chain overnight.
The Zioneer first reported the Herzliya shooting at 08:36 Jerusalem (Tue), when initial Israeli media reports said shots were fired at the restaurant. Within the same minute, a second bulletin noted that police had identified apparent bullet marks on the business's window and opened an investigation. By 08:36 Jerusalem, the desk linked the Herzliya incident to five separate grenade attacks on other Japnika branches overnight. The current dispatch adds police confirmation of the gunfire signs.
The overnight grenade attacks on the chain, reported earlier by The Zioneer, have not been explicitly linked by police to the Herzliya shooting, though the investigation is ongoing. The broader context includes a series of police arms seizures in Arab Israeli communities in recent weeks, as The Zioneer has reported — including raids in Shaab, Ramla, Nahaf, Tuba-Zangariyye, Yarka, Tamra, and Umm al-Fahm, with arrests and confiscations of military-grade weapons.
Police have not stated a motive or named any suspects in the Japnika incidents. It remains unclear whether the grenade attacks and the shooting are connected beyond their shared target, and whether the violence is criminal or security-related.
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