First responders have pronounced five individuals dead after they were shot on Wednesday in the Bedouin Arab town of Basmat Tab'un in northern Israel.

Three of the victims were men, and two were women, all in their 30s. A 49-year-old man was moderately wounded.

MDA paramedic Ofer Winik stated: "This is a severe incident. There was a great commotion at the scene. Six wounded victims suffered penetration wounds. We immediately began performing medical examinations; unfortunately, three men and two women were without signs of life, and we had to declare them dead. A 49-year-old man who was moderately wounded was taken by an MDA intensive care ambulance to the hospital.

Source: INN