Police arrest 8 suspects in murder of young Arab man in Galilee

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14 April 2026, 11:20 am

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Police arrest one of eight individuals suspected in the fatal shooting of Wael Saeida, in the Galilee town of Umm al-Ghanem on April 14, 2026. (Israel Police)

Police say they have arrested eight suspects, among them several minors, in the fatal shooting of a young Arab man in the Lower Galilee earlier this year.

The victim, 22-year-old Wael Saeida, was killed in February during a trip to his local bakery in Umm al-Ghanem, where was buying bread to break his fast during Ramadan.

Paramedics found Saeida suffering from gunshot wounds and took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead by medical staff.

This morning, Northern District police arrested eight people suspected of involvement in the crime.

Police believe that Saeida was not the assailants’ intended target and that the shooting was carried out over a fight that started at a school.