Residents Report Hours of Gunfire in Rahat Amid Escalating Violence
Translated & summarized from N12 by baba
Residents of Rahat reported continuous gunfire for hours overnight and into the early morning, with videos showing children near active shooting. Police confirmed the incidents were family disputes and arrested suspects after raiding residential areas. A political figure attending an event in the city described the ongoing gunfire as "almost routine" and a "serious failure" of government security.
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- Rahat residents reported hours of continuous gunfire from overnight into the early morning.
- Videos showed children attending school with intense shooting sounds in the background.
- Police confirmed the shootings were related to family disputes and made arrests.
- Large police forces raided residential areas in Rahat, searching compounds and arresting suspects.
- Yoav Segalovitz called the ongoing gunfire "almost routine" and a "serious failure" of government security.
Residents of the Bedouin city of Rahat reported continuous gunfire lasting for hours, beginning overnight and extending into the early morning. Videos circulating online show children heading to educational institutions against a backdrop of intense shooting sounds from nearby. The police confirmed that the incidents stemmed from family disputes and announced arrests were made following the shootings.
Following resident complaints and the spread of videos, law enforcement stated that suspects were apprehended in connection with multiple shooting and violence incidents within the city, specifically in areas involving feuding families. Large police forces raided residential compounds in neighborhoods 24, 25, and 27 in Rahat, conducting searches and arresting several individuals.
Yoav Segalovitz, the number two figure in the Ra'am party, attended a conference in Rahat on Sunday evening. He recounted to the audience that volleys of gunfire were heard "very close by" during the event. Segalovitz described the situation as "unthinkable" and "almost routine" in the city, noting that just the previous day, gunfire had been heard for eight consecutive hours. He emphasized that such occurrences should not become normalized and called it a "serious failure of the government, which has abandoned the personal security of citizens."
