Israel Police announced a shooting incident at a Japanika restaurant in Herzliya on Tuesday, in the latest of a series of attacks targeting the chain.
A fire had also broken out at a Japanika branch in Netanya after a stolen IDF grenade was thrown at the restaurant, Israel Police said in a statement earlier on Tuesday morning.
A preliminary investigation by the police suggested that the incident is criminal in nature, the latest in an ongoing string of attacks stemming from a dispute between criminals.
In the span of a few hours, police announced two grenade explosions, a pipe bomb attack, and an attempted arson. Three of the incidents targeted branches of the Japanika restaurant chain, owned by businessman and Beitar Jerusalem owner Barak Abramov.
None of the incidents had any reported casualties.
Dan District investigators are collecting security camera footage, forensic findings, and evidence from all the scenes, and are now checking whether the three attacks on Japanika branches were carried out by the same people. At the same time, the investigation into a grenade explosion at a residential building in Or Yehuda is continuing, and it is still unclear whether it is connected to the other incidents.
Democrats party leader Yair Golan blamed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for the string of attacks, saying that he was an “unfit and failed minister.”
אמרנו שזה יקרה.
כשבן גביר הפקיר את המאבק בפשיעה בחברה הערבית, הזהרנו שהאלימות לא תישאר שם – היא תזלוג לכל רחובות ישראל. וזה בדיוק מה שקורה.בן גביר הוא שר בלתי כשיר וכושל. במשמרת שלו אין משילות, אין הרתעה, אין ביטחון אישי והפשיעה משתוללת ברחובות ישראל.
בן גביר ונתניהו שמינה… pic.twitter.com/JkpISkhoxQ
— Yair Golan – יאיר גולן (@YairGolan1) July 14, 2026
“We said this would happen,” he posted on X/Twitter. “When Ben-Gvir abandoned the fight against crime in Arab society, we warned that the violence wouldn’t stay there – it would spill over into every street in Israel. And that’s exactly what’s happening.”
Fragmentation grenades thrown
Earlier on Monday, four fragmentation grenades were thrown at buildings in separate episodes.
An explosion was heard in Herzliya after a suspicious object was thrown at a building, according to a statement by the Israel Police.
Police were dispatched to an intersection in central Herzliya after the incident. There were no injuries, but minor property damage has been reported.
The incident is suspected to be criminal in nature.
