A 27-year-old woman was found dead near the Bedouin city of Rahat, paramedics and police say. She had been shot and killed.
The victim was named as Gigi al-Huzail, a resident of Rahat.
Police suspect she was killed by a family member. She was found with signs of beating to her body, according to Arabic-language outlets.
Her body was found on Route 264, between Rahat and Kibbutz Shoval, according to a local Hatzalah spokesman quoted by the Arab48 news site.
Medics pronounced her dead on the scene, says the Magen David Adom emergency service.
According to the Michal Sela Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to combating domestic violence, 25 women have been killed this year by family members. The tally does not include the latest killing.
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