Former Hitman Shot Dead at Bus Stop While En Route to Work
Translated & summarized from Kikar HaShabbat by baba
Eyal Haib, a 37-year-old inmate on a work-release program, was shot and killed Friday morning at a bus stop in northern Israel while on his way to his rehabilitation factory job. Police are investigating the incident as criminal. Haib was serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter since 2015, convicted in a 2014 murder-for-hire case. The shooting followed a night of violence across Israel with multiple fatalities and injuries, primarily attributed to criminal activity.
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- Eyal Haib, a 37-year-old inmate, was shot and killed at a bus stop in northern Israel on Friday.
- Haib was on a work-release program from prison, serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter.
- Police are investigating the shooting as having a criminal background.
- The incident occurred after a night of violence across Israel with multiple other victims.
- Haib was convicted in a 2014 murder-for-hire case, hired to inflict severe injury.
- 197 people have been murdered in the Arab community in Israel this year.
Eyal Haib, a 37-year-old inmate undergoing rehabilitation, was shot and killed Friday morning at a bus stop on Highway 65, near the Zlmon prison. Haib had been serving an 18-year sentence for manslaughter since 2015 and had permission from the Prison Service to leave for work at a rehabilitation factory and return to prison. He was on his way to his job in northern Israel when he was fatally shot. Israeli Police stated the incident is criminal in background and its circumstances are under investigation.
MDA emergency services received the report at 6:41 AM. Paramedics arriving at the scene found Haib unconscious with penetrating wounds. "When we arrived, we saw the victim lying on the sidewalk near the bus stop, unconscious and suffering from penetrating wounds," described MDA paramedic Fadi Othman. "A citizen at the scene began CPR under the guidance of MDA's 101 dispatch, and we continued it, but his injury was fatal, and we could only pronounce him dead."
The Prison Service confirmed Haib was a rehabilitation inmate en route to his work at a rehabilitation factory. The initial investigation indicates the prisoner was on his way to work. The investigation is ongoing by the Israel Police.
Haib was convicted in 2017 for his role in a 2014 murder-for-hire case. The Haifa District Court ruled that Ahmed Fathi and Ibrahim Hasarma hired him for NIS 150,000 to shoot and cause severe injury to a victim. Haib was given a gun, gloves, and a mask, ambushed the victim, and fired two shots, one hitting the victim in the neck, causing death from blood loss. He was paid NIS 30,000 upfront.
The shooting occurred after a violent evening across Israel, which included two other murders, six serious injuries, and at least three moderate injuries from shootings and stabbings. In Baqa al-Gharbiyye, a young man was murdered and four others injured. In Tamra, 22-year-old Yosef Hamad was murdered. The police attribute the background of these incidents to criminal activity. So far this year, 197 people have been murdered in the Arab community.
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