Man shot dead in his home in Kafr Qasim in central Israel

A 38-year-old was shot dead in his home in Kafr Qasim tonight, police and paramedics say. He is named by local Arabic-language outlets as Issa Frej.

Paramedics found Frej unconscious at around 10 p.m. after receiving a report of a shooting. They declared him dead at the scene of the crime.

Police’s Central District Commander Yair Hetzroni arrived in the city shortly after the fatal shooting to conduct a situational assessment. Officers have opened an investigation into the incident and have yet to arrest any suspects, a spokesman says.

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Last Friday night in Kafr Qasim, two men were killed in a shooting outside a restaurant in the city.

The two victims were named as cousins Uday Shaaban, 28, and Said Shaaban, 29, from Lod. Police believed the shooting came amid a feud between two families in the city.

As of tonight, 104 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent incidents since the start of 2025, per the Abraham Initiatives watchdog group, in an unrelenting crime wave that has significantly worsened over the past two years.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, whose portfolio includes the police, saw murder rates in the Arab community soar to their highest ever during his first year in office in 2023, and roughly double what they had been the previous year.