2 men killed in shooting in north as crime wave in Arab community persists

Two men in their 30s have died of injuries sustained in a shooting in the Western Galilee earlier today.

Victims Alaa and Bahaa Atallah were residents of the northern Druze town of Yarka, east of Acre.

Police say they are investigating the incident and suspect the motivation is criminal rather than terror-related.

Since the start of the year, 58 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent incidents in a surging crime wave that community leaders attribute to police negligence, citing the agency’s low rate of solving Arab sector murder cases.

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