A 51-year-old man was fatally shot in his car early this morning in the central city of Tira, says a police spokesperson. Paramedics have declared the victim dead at the scene.
“When we arrived at the scene, we saw the injured man lying unconscious without a pulse,” says Magen David Adom paramedic Mohammad Habashi. “We immediately performed medical tests but his injury was critical and we had to pronounce him dead on the spot.”
Officers are combing the area and collecting forensic findings as part of the ongoing investigation. Additional officers have been deployed in the city, says a spokesperson.
The incident marks this year’s first killing in an Arab town, signaling a potential continuation of the soaring homicide rate that has plagued Arab communities over the past two years.
The Abraham Initiatives, a watchdog that tracks violent crime in the Arab society, counted 230 Arab Israeli murder victims in 2024. It recorded 244 homicide victims in 2023, which was more than double the previous year and an all-time record by a big margin.
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