Four Murdered in 12 Hours as Violence Grips Israel
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
Four people were murdered in Israel within approximately 12 hours, with the latest victim being a prisoner shot dead Friday morning in the Galilee. The violence included shootings in Tamra and Baka al-Gharbiyya, a suspected murder of a woman in the Negev, and an injury in Holon. Police are investigating all incidents, with criminal motives suspected in several cases. This brings the total number of murder victims in Israel to 234 since the start of the year.
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- A prisoner was shot and killed Friday morning in the Galilee, marking the fourth murder in 12 hours.
- Two men were killed and eight injured in six separate shootings across Israel on Thursday.
- A woman was found dead in the Negev with signs of injury, under suspected murder investigation.
- Police are investigating the incidents, with criminal motives suspected in several cases.
- 234 people have been murdered in Israel since the beginning of the year, according to Haaretz.
A prisoner from Hermon Prison, identified as Eyal Haib, 30, was shot and killed Friday morning near the Tsalmon Stream junction in the Galilee. Haib, a resident of Tuba Zangaria, was serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter, handed down in 2015, and had been released for work as part of a rehabilitation program. He was found on a sidewalk near a bus stop, unresponsive, and was pronounced dead at the scene after resuscitation attempts by MDA paramedics. Police have opened an investigation, stating the motive appears to be criminal.
This incident marks the fourth murder in Israel within approximately 12 hours. On Thursday evening, two men were killed and eight others injured in six separate shooting incidents across Tamra, Baka al-Gharbiyya, Nazareth, Holon, Qalansawe, and Kafr Qasim. Earlier that evening, a woman in her 20s was found dead in her home in the Negev's Nevot locality, with signs of injury on her body. Police are investigating this as a suspected murder.
In Tamra, 22-year-old Yosef Hamad was killed and another person moderately injured. In Baka al-Gharbiyya, 25-year-old Mahmoud Al-Jamal, a resident of Qalansawe, was fatally shot, and four other men were injured, three seriously. Police believe the motives for these incidents are likely criminal and are investigating.
Following the shooting in Baka al-Gharbiyya, police conducted searches for suspects using a helicopter and roadblocks. Weapons and shell casings were found at the scene, and Commander of the Coastal District, Yechiel Bohdana, held a situation assessment. In Holon, one person was moderately injured by gunfire and taken to Wolfson Hospital.
According to Haaretz newspaper's tracking, 234 people have been murdered in Israel since the beginning of the year.
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