Dec. 19, 2020
Three Israeli Arabs from the same family were shot dead on Friday in the country s north, bringing the number of 2020 murder cases in Israel s Arab community to 95, the highest figure in at least 20 years, according to Haaretz s tally.
Eyewitnesses said that shots were fired at a store in Baka al-Garbiyeh, wounding the store owner, 25-year-old Amir Abu Hussein. He was rushed to the Hillel Yaffeh Medical Center in Hadera, where he was pronounced dead.
Two of his uncles, 26-year-old Ahmad Sharkiyeh and 47-year-old Mohammad Sharkiyeh, were shot on Route 9 while driving near the ambulance that was making its way to the hospital. First aid teams rushed them to the same hospital, but they were both declared dead on the way. All three victims are from the village of Jatt, in the Triangle area.