A 25-year-old man was found shot dead Sunday near the Tze’elim IDF base in southern Israel.
Magen David Adom paramedics received a call about a young man who was seriously injured from a gunshot wound to his upper body.
They were directed to Route 222, where an unknown man unloaded the victim from the back of his pick up truck and fled the scene.
MDA paramedics were forced to declare him dead immediately.
Reports in Hebrew-language media said he was from the nearby Bedouin town of Bir Hadaj.
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Police have opened an investigation into the killing, and have confirmed the incident is related to criminal activity.
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Earlier on Sunday, authorities discovered the body of a 27-year-old prostitute in her client’s Tel Aviv apartment.
According to reports, the woman died from a drug overdose, and her client has been detained by police in connection to her death.
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