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Thursday, October 30, 2025
54-year-old shopkeeper shot dead in northern Arab town, no arrests yet reported
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A 54-year-old man was shot dead outside his shop this morning in Kaukab Abu al-Hija, a small Arab town in northern Israel.
The victim, Rasem Naamneh, was opening his shop at around dawn when he was killed. Paramedics dispatched to the scene declared him dead on the spot.
Police say they have opened an investigation, and no arrests have yet been reported.
Naamneh lived in Arraba, a neighboring village that saw another deadly shooting earlier this week, which left 18-year-old Qassem Asleh dead. He was killed in the car while accompanying his father to work. Residents claimed assailants had been targeting Asleh’s father.
Since the start of the year, 212 Arab Israelis have been killed violently, mostly in gang-related shootings as crime runs rampant in Arab locales.
Residents and community leaders have lamented police’s inability to solve most homicide cases in the Arab sector, saying there is little to deter violent crime.
Later this morning, two men in their 50s were taken to the hospital after being injured in an apparent shootout near Ahituv, linked to what police characterize as a “local dispute.”
One of the men suffered serious injuries, while the other is in moderate condition.
The Times of Israel Community.