5 members of Israel’s Arab minority killed in suspected crime spree

Israel was shaken on Sunday by an unusual series of suspected criminal acts of violence that left five members of Israel’s Arab minority dead in a single day. Two people died in explosions involving car bombs in the Tel Aviv district of Jaffa and in the suburb of Holon.

Three others were killed in two separate killings in Israel’s Arab communities. All four incidents are linked to organised or criminal violence, according to the police’s findings so far.

Criminal violence has escalated among...