Israel Police say there are signs of violence on the bodies, and that they are investigating whether the girls were murdered.

Israeli police say they had 'to take precautions' due to the grave nature of the incident and the suspicion of a terror attack.

No matter what label the media chooses to put on what happened in Be'er Sheva on Monday, in the end it all comes down to four dead bodies, four destroyed futures, and four shattered families. It doesn’t matter who did it or why it was done. It is terror, pure and simple.

There is no realistic way to prevent a man who has no criminal record − certainly not a former Border Police officer who once patrolled with the Palestinian Police − from getting up one fine morning and deciding to go crazy and set out on a killing spree.

Following the deadly shooting at the Be'er Sheva bank, here's a look at who meets the specific licensing criteria in Israel, aside from members of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel Police, Israel Prison Service and other official bodies.

'People should be careful not to incite in such ways, so that tomorrow people don't start shooting bank employees like ducks,' banker says in wake of deadly attack.

Israel Police investigating possibility that the assailant, a Jew in his 40s, committed the attack following a dispute with the bank management over a NIS 6,000 overdraft.

A survivor of the Goel Ratzon cult gets used to freedom after 12 years spent serving the self-styled guru and polygamist, now on trial.

The former deputy health minister was questioned under caution in connection with an alleged bribery incident that involved the Health Ministry and the National Insurance Institute.

Chief public defender, says the situation 'requires immediate action by all the parties concerned.'