Teenager shot and killed outside Rahat shopping center

Paramedics arrive to the scene of a shooting which injured five people in Rahat on November 20, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
Paramedics arrive to the scene of a shooting which injured five people in Rahat on November 20, 2025. (Magen David Adom)

A 17-year-old boy has been shot and killed outside a shopping center in Rahat, near a major thoroughfare in the southern Bedouin city.

The shooting injured five people in total, including a 30-year-old man currently in critical condition as paramedics attempt to resuscitate him. All have been taken to Soroka Medical Center in neighboring Beersheba.

The teenage boy was rushed to the hospital, but soon succumbed to his wounds. Hospital staff declared him dead on arrival.

Police say the shooting was the result of a romantic dispute between cousins.

Large forces from the Southern District and Rahat police station are currently operating in the area and conducting a manhunt for suspects in the shooting, law enforcement adds.

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