Two killed in separate overnight shootings, with one victim said to be son of former Rahat mayor

Two men were shot dead in separate shootings overnight, the latest in a series of surging homicides in Israel’s Arab communities.

One of the men, 42, was fatally shot in the northern Druze village of Yarka, while the other was killed in the southern Bedouin city of Rahat. The latter victim is identified by the Ynet news site as Mukhtar Ata Abu Madighem, 22, the son of former Rahat mayor Ata Abu Madighem.

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