A young man has succumbed to his wounds after being shot and severely injured in Jaffa days ago, police say.
The victim, a man in his 20s named Mahmoud Daqqa, was taken to Holon’s Wolfson Medical Center after assailants opened fire on him Wednesday.
Two suspects were arrested in connection with the incident, which police describe as a conflict between criminals.
A court ruled that the pair will remain in custody until at least Wednesday, as police in the Tel Aviv District’s investigations and intelligence division continue to investigate the shooting.
According to the Arab48 news site, the slain man is the brother of Muhammad Daqqa, a 28-year-old man who was gunned down earlier this year in Pisgat Ze’ev, a Jewish neighborhood of East Jerusalem.
Since the beginning of the year, 63 members of the Arab community have been killed in violent criminal incidents, nearly one per day. The high death toll follows the community’s bloodiest year to date, which saw 252 violent killings over the course of 2025.
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