Soldier to be charged with murder for Route 6 road rage shooting

By Charlie Summers

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3 February 2026, 11:22 am

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State prosecutors are preparing to charge a soldier with murder over the fatal shooting of a young Druze man in northern Israel last month, police say.

The 21-year-old soldier, who was off-duty at the time, is suspected of killing 23-year-old Sharif Hadid the evening of January 8 following a roadside argument on Route 6, a major highway.

The soldier has been in custody since police arrested him and his older brother at the scene of the shooting. The State Attorney’s Office filed a prosecutor’s declaration against the younger man this morning.

The suspect’s brother was arrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence, but it is unclear whether he faces charges.

According to Channel 12 News, the soldier claimed to interrogators he shot Hadid because he felt threatened, after the man and his brother advanced toward him “in a threatening manner.”

However the victim’s brother, Amir Hadid, who was also at the scene, claimed the soldier first hit his brother in the head with the barrel of his gun, then shot him five times unprovoked, Channel 12 reports.