Wednesday, January 7, 2026 – The Palestinian Society in Israel

Killed

1. Mahmoud Jasser Abu Arar, 19, Ar'ara.

2. Kamel Hujrat, 55, Bi'r al-Maksur.

3. Yasser Hujrat, 53, Bi'r al-Maksur.

4. Khaled Ghadir, 62, Bi'r al-Maksur.

Protests

1. Bi'r al-Maksur - a protest march over the increased crime and police ineffectiveness following the triple murder in Shfar'am is dispersed by police. Confrontations ensued and several arrests were made.

Criminal Incidents

1. Iksal - Shooting incident, lightly to moderately injured person taken to the hospital.

2. Ar'ara (Negev) - a 19-year-old medical student who was studying in Georgia and visiting his family was shot dead when he opened his front door to a delivery man from a restaurant. It is suspected that the murder was part of an ongoing vendetta between families. The delivery man had no connection to the incident.

3. Shfar'am - Shooting incident. Several masked men opened fire on workers at a construction site. Three residents of Bi'r al-Maksur were killed.

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.