Man found dead in Umm al-Fahm is 126th Palestinian citizen of Israel murdered this year: reports
Man found dead in Umm al-Fahm is 126th Palestinian citizen of Israel murdered this year: reports
A Palestinian man who was killed in the town of Umm Al-Fahm on Friday morning became the 126th Palestinian from within Israel's 1948 boundaries to be killed this year.
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Gun violence is rampant among 1948 Palestinians [Getty]
A man foundÌýshot deadÌýin the town of on Friday was the 126thÌý citizen of Israel to have been murdered this year, according to local news reports.
The 51-year-old man was found deadÌýinside his vehicle in a health clinic parking area with multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body, Haaretz . Ambulance staff declared him dead on the scene.
The man was the fourthÌýPalestinian citizen of Israel to have been murdered this week.
A parliamentaryÌýÌýin August revealed that maleÌýÌýaged over 25 are 36 times more likely to fall victim to gun violence than their Jewish Israeli counterparts.
Those living in a predominantly PalestinianÌýarea were 30 times more likely to be a victim of gun crime than those living in Jewish neighbourhoods, according to the study.
Gun violence among PalestiniansÌýwithin Israel's 1948 boundariesÌýaccounts for overÌýÌýof all murders nationwide, despite Palestinian citizens of Israel making up just over a fifthÌýof the population.
There are more than 400,000 illegal weapons among Palestinians in Israel, who number just overÌýtwo million.
Israeli authorities have consistently drawn criticism for allegedly failing to tackle intra-Palestinian violence within Israel's 1948 boundaries.
Palestinian citizens of IsraelÌýface systematic discrimination and regularly complainÌýof being treated as second-class citizens.
Large segments of the Israeli public see Palestinian citizens as a demographic threat to Israel's "Jewish identity", with discrimination entrenched across housing, public services, education, and employment.
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