Two Killed in Drive-By Shooting in Kafr Qasim Amid Ongoing Family Feud Violence

On the morning of June 28, 2026, two men, Adnan Ganem and Galeb Abu Ras, were fatally shot while driving in Kafr Qasim, a city in the Sharon region of Israel. The assailants, dressed in black and wearing black helmets, approached the victims on electric bicycles, opened fire causing the vehicle to crash, and then one of them approached the car to shoot again at close range to ensure the victims' deaths before fleeing the scene. Police suspect the killings are part of a longstanding family feud, which has resulted in nine deaths so far, six of them in the past six months.

This double murder capped a particularly violent 24-hour period in which five people were killed in three different cities. Earlier, 19-year-old Bakr Nuseirat was shot dead outside his home in Tayibe after returning from a wedding, with police attributing the motive to an internal family dispute. Around 7:30 a.m., Iyad Rab, 38, was killed in Jaffa when a bomb attached to his car exploded shortly after he drove away from his home; his six-year-old son was rescued and hospitalized in stable condition. Police are investigating whether this killing is connected to the murder of a 17-year-old in Jaffa last Thursday.

At approximately noon, another bombing occurred near the Mika gas station in Holon, killing 25-year-old Mustafa Abu Lassan. Abu Lassan had been questioned over a year ago for alleged involvement in aiding a murder but was released. No suspects have been arrested in any of these cases yet. The Central District police are actively pursuing leads in all incidents amid ongoing violent disputes between families and criminal organizations in the Arab community. Since the start of 2026, 141 Arab citizens have been murdered in such conflicts.