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Escalating Violence: 72 Homicides in Arab Community This Year

3/19/2026

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Anwaar al-Baz was shot and killed in Lod, Israel, in a suspected honor killing as police investigate.
This year, the Arab community has recorded 72 homicides, nearly one per day.
Hours earlier, Murad Shweiki, a bus driver from East Jerusalem, was shot while driving home.
A Jewish extremist was convicted for the 2018 stoning death of Aisha Rabi, and the ruling remains partially undisclosed because of the convict's age.

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Anwaar al-Baz was shot and killed in Lod, Israel, in a suspected honor killing as police investigate.
This year, the Arab community has recorded 72 homicides, nearly one per day.
Hours earlier, Murad Shweiki, a bus driver from East Jerusalem, was shot while driving home.
A Jewish extremist was convicted for the 2018 stoning death of Aisha Rabi, and the ruling remains partially undisclosed because of the convict's age.