Four young men have been injured in a knife fight in the Bedouin city of Rahat tonight. Two of the wounded are in serious condition and are being rushed to the hospital.
“This is a violent incident with several wounded, some of whom arrived by themselves at the Magen David Adom station,” paramedics for the emergency medical service say. The two others are suffering from moderate injuries.
Paramedics administered life-saving treatment to the two young men in serious condition, stopping their bleeding with a tourniquet and providing medication. Both are en route to the hospital.
Earlier today, a 19-year-old was seriously injured in a shooting that took place in Kuseife, another Bedouin locale east of Rahat. He was taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center while in unstable condition.
Both violent incidents occurred as large police forces patrolled the northern Negev as part of a far-reaching, controversial operation aimed at combating crime in Bedouin society, announced by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir two weeks ago.
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