Three Arab-Israelis killed within hours of each other in crime-related incidents
Crime-related violence is breaking new records in the Arab sector, as three people were killed in three separate incidents throughout Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, raising the sector death toll to 146 since the start of the calendar year, 11 of them women.
Assad Kaaba, 51, from Jaffa, was killed near a cafe in the city. Magen David Adom paramedics who arrived at the scene pronounced him dead immediately. Per Ynet, eyewitnesses said he was killed while smoking a hookah.
His assailants fired four shots at him from point-blank range.
In the area of 'Ar'ara in the Negev, the bullet-ridden body of 48-year-old Aisha Kaaba was found in a valley near Highway 89. Paramedics pronounced her dead on site, with four bullet wounds to the head. She was married and had children, and worked in order to support her family.
Israel Police later said it arrested four suspects in connection with her death: Her son, her brother, and two other family members. Police suspect that the death was the result of a "familial conflict."
Violence in Arab-Israeli sector
And, in Lod, Sliman Abu Ganam was shot dead in his car. The man, around 30 years old, was found by paramedics in a critical state and later died from his wounds. Three have been arrested so far in connection with his death.
MDA paramedic Mendy Amitai said the team arrived quickly at the site and found it chaotic.
The team arrived quickly at the site and found it chaotic.
Additionally, two other shootings took place on Wednesday morning. A man in his 40s was moderately to seriously injured in Baka al-Gharbiya after walking out of a mosque, and in Jisr e-Zarka, shots were fired at the home of a widow. No injuries were recorded.
As a result, Israel Police Commissioner Danny Levy called for an emergency meeting with the entire senior command staff of the police on Wednesday, following the rise in crime in the Arab sector in recent days.
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