A 24-year-old man was shot and killed in the central town of Tira early this morning, police say.
The victim, named as Sabri Mazen Mardi, was shot by an unknown assailant and pronounced dead by paramedics who arrived at the scene.
Police say they are investigating the killing but have not made any arrests.
According to Ynet, the man was killed a month before his wedding day.
The vast majority of Arab sector murder cases are unsolved by law enforcement, with many community leaders criticizing police for not doing enough to deter violent crime in Arab locales.
With Mardi’s murder, a total of 77 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent criminal incidents since the start of the year, a similar pace to 2024 and 2023.
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