Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeInvestigators said there is growing suspicion of a criminal – rather than a nationalist motive – after determining that the main suspect in the killing of Ruslan and Olga Prihodko last month, an Arab Israeli teenager, may have known the victims before the shootingShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJosh Breiner09:34 AM • June 05 2026 IDTIsraeli police said Thursday that there is increasing reason to believe the killing of an Israeli couple found dead in central Israel last month was criminal in nature rather than nationalist-motivated.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel crimeShin BetCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonGulfNoam SohlbergMichael RabelloNetanyahu-TrumpHaQuizHaaretz PodcastPolice Increasingly Suspect Criminal Motive in Killing of Israeli CoupleNetanyahu-sponsored Anarchy Enabled the Attack on an Israeli JudgeTrump Laid Down the Law for Israel in Lebanon. Hezbollah Ruined the CelebrationSoldiers Kill Palestinian Youth After IDF Alleges Involvement in Firebomb AttackWhy Let Your Son Be a Combat Soldier? 'I Truly Believed Israel Sought Peace'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'