Three men shot dead within 24 hours in separate incidents

Police said Monday morning a 26-year-old resident of Jisr az-Zarqa was shot dead in the northern town of Harish, the third man killed in apparently separate incidents within a 24-hour period.

According to Channel 13 news, the man was discovered in a car and paramedics were unable to resuscitate him.

A 59-year-old, identified as Abd Elhalim Shlavi, was shot and grievously wounded in Qalansawe in central Israel on Sunday afternoon.

He was rushed to the Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, where he underwent emergency surgery but succumbed to his wounds and was declared dead at the hospital.

In the evening in Kiryat Ata, near Haifa, a 23-year-old was mortally wounded in a shooting incident. He was taken to Rambam Hospital in Haifa for treatment but died shortly after arriving. Channel 13 identified the victim as Matan Levi.

On Saturday a Tel Aviv man was suspected of murdering his girlfriend, Maya Vishniak, 22, and then stabbing his mother when she tried to call the police, sparking renewed calls for the government to tackle domestic violence amid a spate of killings.

The man, 21, was arrested near the apartment where the incident took place in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, police said. He was not named.

The suspect appeared in court on Sunday and his remand was extended for eight days.