Police and Shin Bet are searching for a suspect who allegedly carried out a shooting in the Shfaram area overnight and fled. Authorities warn the suspect may be armed and urge the public to report sightings. The manhunt is now active across the Haifa coast district and northern region.
Israeli police and the Shin Bet issued a joint statement at 15:06 Jerusalem on Thursday confirming the manhunt for a suspect in an overnight shooting near Shfaram has expanded to the Haifa coast district and the northern region. Special forces are involved; authorities describe the suspect as possibly armed and urge the public to call emergency line 100 if they encounter him.
The sequence of reports this afternoon developed rapidly. At 12:35, the first bulletin cited Kiryat Yam's mayor on searches for a suspicious vehicle in the Haifa Bay area. By version 2 of the same timestamp, police had cleared that vehicle with no irregularities. Version 3 reported police ruling out a terror motive, defining the background as a criminal shooting at a mosque in Shfaram. Version 4 (also 12:35) identified the manhunt as being for a suspect in that shooting, and version 5 added the warning that the suspect may be armed, with the search area specified as the Krayot zone. The Zioneer's thread shows corroboration grew from a local mayor's statement to multiple official police confirmations within the same hour. The 15:06 update now widens the operational zone to the Haifa coast and north.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today (14:58), the manhunt had been centered on the Krayot area. A photo of the suspect has been released. The Shfaram shooting itself — casualties, motive, and the suspect's identity — has not been disclosed by authorities, beyond the confirmed criminal background.
It remains unclear whether the suspect has been located or if there have been any sightings since the search expanded. No further operational details have been released.
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