A 60-year-old man was shot dead in the northern city of Shfaram this morning, police and paramedics say.
Magen David Adom paramedics found the victim, who has not yet been named, without signs of life at around 8 a.m. and pronounced him dead at the scene. Police say they have opened an investigation but have not yet made any arrests.
Since the start of the year, 69 Arab Israelis have been killed in violent criminal incidents, in a hiking crime wave that has worsened significantly over the past two years.
Yesterday morning, brothers Jalal and Matin al-Shamali were murdered on the backdrop of an ongoing family dispute in Ramle. The victims’ two brothers had also been killed in two separate incidents in 2019 and 2020 due to the same feud.
Police later that day arrested three residents suspected of involvement in the crime.
The majority of Arab sector murder cases are left unsolved by law enforcement, with many community leaders criticizing police for not doing enough to deter violent crime in Arab locales.
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