Several people were shot in several incidents in the Arab-Israeli sector on Friday, leaving two people dead and at least five injured.
In the first incident, Hashem Natour, 63, was shot in Kalansuwa. He was pronounced dead after being evacuated by Magen David Adom paramedics to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba.
Natour’s son Muhammad was murdered in May 2023; police suspect both murders to be related to an ongoing feud between the Natour and Salma families, KAN reported.
Several hours later, a 25-year-old man was shot in the nearby city of Tira and was declared dead upon arrival at Meir Medical Center.
Multiple people injured in separate incidents
At least five others were injured in the Arab sector throughout the country in similar incidents.
A 24-year-old man was shot in Rahat in the Negev and was taken to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba in moderate condition, MDA reported.
A 26-year-old man was shot in Kabul in the Galilee and was taken to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa in serious condition, MDA reported.
Two people, a 12-year-old and an 18-year-old, were shot in another violent incident in Jisr e-Zarka; both were moderately injured, Israeli media reported.
In the final incident on Friday, a man in his 30s was shot in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem. He was taken to the Hadassah-University Medical Center, on Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, and was conscious on arrival, Israeli media reported.
About 50 Arabs have been killed in violent, crime-related incidents this year, with all but two of them being men, according to the Abraham Initiatives; 21 of them were under the age of 30. Around the same time last year, there were just over half as many murders (27) reported in Arab society.