Israeli police are investigating the murder of a Bedouin woman in the Negev as a surge of homicides in the Arab sector continues.
The victim, a woman in her 30s, was found dead in Kuseife, a Bedouin village, with gunshot wounds.
“We received a report of a woman injured in a violent incident in Kuseife,” said Magen David Adom paramedic Moad Al-Amor. “We arrived at the scene quickly, and saw the injured woman unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing with penetrating injuries to her body. We immediately began performing advanced CPR, which included massages and rescue breaths, but her injury was critical and we were forced to declare her dead at the scene.”
Police investigators said they believe the attack was criminal in nature, and not terror.
According to the Abraham Initiative, a non-profit organization that promotes Arab integration into Israeli society, 31 Israeli-Arabs have been killed in violent crimes in 2025.
The spike is a continuation of 230 murders in 2024. In 2023, a record number of 244 Israeli-Arabs were murdered, more than double the 120 homicides in 2022.
The surge in violence is attributed to organized crime groups fighting turf battles and trying to eliminate rivals. Arab criminal organizations have been involved in extortion, money laundering, and trafficking in weapons, drugs and women.
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