Police said an Arab Israeli man was killed in a driving shot in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday.
The man, by Times of israel Just like Izzat Hamed was riding a motorcycle through the city when another motorcyclist started following him. The unidentified assailant allegedly opened fire and attacked the victim before fleeing the scene.
The victim was found by medical staff of the Magen David Adom. He was lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds on his body. Rescuers tried to resuscitate him, but he was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The incident has been investigated. The police said the shooting appeared to be a criminal act and had nothing to do with terrorism.
As of this writing, the suspect is still at large and the police have not announced the motive for the shooting.
According to media reports, Hamid is said to be the leader of a local criminal family and is widely known in the underworld in Jaffa. Times of israel Said in an earlier version.
According to the media report, in recent years, the number of violent crimes in Arab cities and towns has been reported to have increased sharply due to organized crime.
According to the report, Arab Israelis allegedly accused the police of failing to crack down on criminal organizations and “ignoring” “family discord, mafia turf wars and violence against women”.
According to the initiative of Abraham, an organization that opposes violence in Arab society, before the recent incident, 48 Arab citizens had been killed in the country due to violent crimes since the beginning of 2021. It is said that more than half of the victims are under 30 years of age.
Another 9 people died from East Jerusalem or Palestinians in Israel at the time of their deaths. The organization stated that nine other Arab women were killed in the community this year.
Last year, 96 Arab Israelis were killed, which is the year with the highest annual death toll so far.
According to the report, according to the police, although Arab Israelis make up about one-fifth of the country’s population, more than 90% of Israeli shootings in 2020 occurred in Arab communities.
At the same time, a similar incident occurred in September 2020, when the 33-year-old Rashed Dawikat was shot and killed in Jaffa. Jerusalem post Report. He was pronounced dead when he was taken to the hospital after the shooting.
The police suspected that he was shot in a premeditated assassination. Dawikat is alleged to have been implicated in other well-known criminals in the city.
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