Channel 12's Or Ravid reports that the 8-year-old girl wounded in the shooting in Deir Hanna was hit by two bullets, in the chest and hand. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at her father, who fled the scene, according to local sources. Police are investigating the incident with a criminal motive suspected.
The latest update from The Zioneer, at 20:40 Jerusalem, confirms that police have established a criminal motive in the Deir Hanna shooting that wounded an 8-year-old girl. The girl was struck by two bullets, to the chest and hand, after unidentified gunmen opened fire at her father, who fled the scene, according to Channel 12's Or Ravid. The incident occurred on Monday evening in the Lower Galilee town.
The thread of reporting evolved rapidly: at 20:30 Jerusalem, initial reports described a serious injury with police investigating a criminal incident. Within minutes, additional details emerged: the girl had been hit by two bullets, and the gunmen had targeted the father, who escaped. By the same time, police confirmed the criminal motive. The consistency of the reporting across multiple updates from the same source (Or Ravid, N12) lends credibility to the account.
The Zioneer has previously reported on gun violence in Deir Hanna. On June 23, a separate shooting incident overnight in the same town led to the evacuation of a mother and daughter and the arrest of a suspect. This pattern underscores the persistent issue of firearms violence in Arab communities in Israel, as covered by The Zioneer.
As of this writing, no arrests have been reported in the current incident. The investigation remains open, and the condition of the wounded girl, evacuated to the North Medical Center (Poria), has not been further updated.
5 developments
- DevelopingPolice probe overnight shooting in Deir Hanna near Sakhnin; suspect arrested
- StrongDeir Hanna shooting confirmed as murder, police investigate criminal motive
- StrongPolice make second arrest in Sakhnin building shooting
- DevelopingPolice arrest suspect in Jisr al-Zarqa shooting incident reported two weeks ago
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