Israeli Police Arrest Suspect in Stone-Throwing Attack on Channel 12 News Building

Two days after the glass doors of Channel 12 News' building in Tel Aviv were smashed with stones and a threatening letter was left at the entrance, Israeli police have arrested a suspect. The suspect, a man in his 40s from Ramat Gan, was detained by detectives from the Central Unit of the Tel Aviv District Police in coordination with the Shin Bet and the Ayalon Regional Unit. The incident occurred during the night between Monday and Tuesday this week on HaHashkala Boulevard in Tel Aviv. Police officers discovered the broken entrance doors at dawn and found a threatening letter targeting media personnel and public figures. The letter demanded an apology related to the Shde Yemen case and warned of further violence, including directed stone-throwing at specific individuals. It named several prominent figures, including former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, former IDF Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi, Major General Avi Blot, Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit, former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, Yair Golan, former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, and the newspaper Haaretz. The letter concluded with a warning of divine retribution. Police suspect the man threw stones to break the glass and fled, leaving the letter behind. Investigators from the Tel Aviv District Police, Ayalon Regional Unit, and Shin Bet used intelligence and investigative methods to identify and arrest him. This arrest follows a series of unusual attacks against media outlets, including previous stone-throwing incidents at Channel 12 and Haaretz newspaper. The Shin Bet joined the investigation due to the severity of the threats. Authorities are now working to determine if the suspect is responsible only for this attack or connected to the recent wave of assaults on media organizations.