Violence without pause: a 16-year-old murdered by gunfire in Jaffa, another youth moderately wounded
אלימות ללא הפסקה: בן 16 נרצח ביריות ביפו, נער נוסף נפצע בינוני
Summary
Less than a day after a 19-year-old woman was murdered in Ramla, deadly gunfire also struck in Jaffa: 16-year-old Ahmad Jabri was shot at the entrance to a grocery store near Park HaMidron and pronounced dead at Wolfson Hospital. A 15-year-old youth was also wounded and listed in moderate condition. Police say the background is criminal, and no arrests have been made. The shootings are part of a relentless wave of violence in Israel's Arab community.
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