28-year-old man shot and killed in Nazareth

A man has died after a shooting in Nazareth, police say in a statement.

The victim was 28 years old and the shooting had a criminal motive rather than terror, police say.

According to the Abraham Initiatives nonprofit, 172 members of the Arab community have been killed in homicides since the beginning of 2024, with 142 of them shot dead.

In its 2023 year-end report, the coexistence group pinned much of the blame for the high level of deadly violence on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. The far-right minister, the organization said, had gutted a plan put in place by his predecessor, in cooperation with Arab municipal leaders, to stem the tide of crime in the Arab community.

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