Police arrested a suspect overnight in the shooting at a house in Deir Hanna that left an 8-year-old girl injured, according to N12 journalist Sharon Knobil. The suspect is being questioned.
Police arrested a suspect overnight in the Deir Hanna shooting that wounded an 8-year-old girl, N12 journalist Sharon Knobil reported Tuesday morning. The suspect is in custody and being questioned. The arrest follows a series of developments Monday evening, when gunmen opened fire at the girl's father, striking her with two bullets. The girl's condition was reported as serious by 22:20 Jerusalem Monday night, following an earlier assessment of moderate and stable.
The sequence of events on Monday evening: At 20:30 Jerusalem, initial reports by N12's Or Ravid stated that the girl was seriously wounded and that police suspected a criminal motive. Subsequent reports that evening revealed that she had been hit by two bullets in the chest and hand, and that the gunmen targeted her father, who fled the scene. The North Medical Center (Poria) initially assessed her condition as moderate and stable, but by 22:20 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that her condition had deteriorated to serious. The reporting was based on N12 journalist Or Ravid and medical sources.
As The Zioneer has reported, shootings in Arab communities in the Galilee have been a recurring pattern. On June 23, a shooting in Deir Hanna left a mother and her daughter wounded and led to an arrest. Other incidents in Sakhnin and Usfiya have also resulted in arrests, with police attributing a criminal motive. The pattern reflects a broader issue of gun violence in the region.
The investigation is ongoing. The suspect's identity and the precise circumstances of the arrest have not been disclosed. The girl remains in serious condition, and no further medical updates have been issued. The motive is suspected criminal, but the investigation is still in its early stages.
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