Police arrest 3 Tira residents after deadly highway shooting

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4 February 2026, 1:54 am

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Police arrest three residents of Tira on suspicion of shooting another three young men to death Tuesday night.

The suspects are believed to have opened fire on the trio as they travelled on a highway just south of the Arab town in central Israel. The victims lost control of the vehicle during the ambush and collided with a bus. They were dead by the time firefighters pulled them out of the vehicle.

Police forces launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the shooting after reaching the scene and soon managed to nab the three suspects. The killing was spurred on by a blood feud between two warring families, according to police.

The ongoing investigation has been assigned to Central District police detectives, police add.