A 20-year-old man who was shot last night in Haifa succumbed to his wounds hours later, confirms Haifa’s Rambam Hospital.
No arrests have been made.
Paramedics arrived at the scene of the shooting to find Abdel-Majed Tabaja lying unconscious on the ground with severe injuries. They took him to the city’s Rambam Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead by medical staff.
One other person was lightly injured in the shooting, but was able to get himself to the hospital to receive medical care, according to the Magen David Adom emergency service.
Since the start of 2025, 143 Arab Israelis have been violently killed, says the Abraham Initiatives coexistence organization, as violent crime spirals in Arab cities and towns across Israel.
The murder rate in Arab society, which has shown no signs of abating, reached unprecedented numbers when it doubled from 2022 to 2023.
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