A shooting in the central city of Ramle on Saturday night left a man dead and a teenager wounded, as a relentless wave of violent crime in Israeli Arab communities continued.
The fatality in the Ramle shooting was identified in Hebrew media reports as Ismail al-Shamali, 47, a resident of the city’s Juarish neighborhood.
The 16-year-old boy was moderately wounded in the incident.
A medic from the emergency services group Magen David Adom said, “The two wounded had suffered from shooting injuries to the body.”
“The man was lying unconscious in the street as police carried out basic resuscitation efforts, and the youth was fully conscious in the yard of an adjacent building,” the medic said.
The two were rushed to a nearby hospital where the man was declared dead.
Witnesses said a car in the area had gone up in flames after the shooting. The vehicle was suspected to have been involved in the incident, Channel 12 reported.
Scuffles also broke out in the neighborhood after the attack, the report said.
Police said they had detained 24 people in the city for suspected involvement.
In a separate incident, in the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva, a 45-year-old man was seriously wounded in a shooting.
Medics treated him at the scene and brought him to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center for further care.
According to the Abraham Initiatives, an anti-violence monitor, at least 87 Arabs have been killed in Israel since the start of the year, 76 by firearms.
Overall, there have been over 90 killings nationwide since 2023 began, more than twice the number in the same period for 2022. Police minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a far-right lawmaker who campaigned on promises to beef up public safety, has largely stayed quiet on the soaring crimewave.
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Man killed, teenager injured in Ramle shooting as crime wave continues
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A shooting in the central city of Ramle on Saturday night left a man dead and a teenager wounded, as a relentless wave of violent crime in Israeli Arab communities continued.
The fatality in the Ramle shooting was identified in Hebrew media reports as Ismail al-Shamali, 47, a resident of the city’s Juarish neighborhood.
The 16-year-old boy was moderately wounded in the incident.
A medic from the emergency services group Magen David Adom said, “The two wounded had suffered from shooting injuries to the body.”
“The man was lying unconscious in the street as police carried out basic resuscitation efforts, and the youth was fully conscious in the yard of an adjacent building,” the........
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