Two Dead in Southern Israel Road Accidents, Child Dies in North
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
Two people, a young man and an elderly woman, died in separate road accidents in southern Israel on Wednesday, while a child also died from injuries sustained in a northern rollover. Police are investigating the southern incidents. The fatalities come amid a significant rise in road accident deaths within Israel's Arab community, with 147 recorded so far this year, a 10% increase from last year.
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- A young man and an elderly woman died in separate road accidents in southern Israel.
- A child also died from injuries sustained in a vehicle rollover in northern Israel.
- Road accident fatalities in Israel's Arab community have risen by 10% this year, reaching 147.
- Arab citizens represent 38% of road accident victims despite being 20% of the population.
- Arab pedestrian deaths have increased by 44% since the start of the year.
A young man from Rahat and an elderly woman died in separate road accidents in southern Israel on Wednesday. In the first incident, Suliman Salman Abu Hamid, 28, died late at night when his vehicle overturned on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat. Paramedics attempted resuscitation efforts but were unsuccessful. In a separate crash near the Jadira junction on Highway 7, an approximately 80-year-old woman was killed and two others injured when two vehicles collided. Paramedics treated a 58-year-old man with moderate injuries and a 75-year-old with minor injuries, but the woman, initially in critical condition, later died after resuscitation attempts failed. The injured were transported to the hospital. Police have opened investigations into both accidents. Earlier on Wednesday, a five-and-a-half-year-old child died from severe injuries sustained when a "buggy"-type all-terrain vehicle overturned in a wooded area near Al-Kabri, north of Nahariya.
These incidents occur amid a worrying rise in road accident fatalities within the Arab community. Data from the Or Yarok Association indicates 147 Arab citizens have died in road accidents since the start of 2026 up to November 10, an increase of about 10% from the same period last year (132 deaths). Arab citizens, who constitute about 20% of the population, accounted for 38% of all road accident fatalities this year. The data also shows a 44% increase in Arab pedestrian deaths, with 26 killed since the year began compared to 18 in the same period of 2025. Arab pedestrians represent 28% of all pedestrian fatalities.
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