Na\u2019ami was unarmed at the time he was shot in the torso, a Border Police spokesperson told Haaretz. He was taken to Soroka Medical Center, where he succumbed to his wounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is murder from point blank. If he were Jewish this wouldn\u2019t have happened,\u201d his brother told Channel 12 News. According to him, the deceased formerly served as a tracker in the IDF Desert Reconnaissance Unit and leaves behind seven children.<\/p>\n
He accused police of lying after mistaking Na\u2019ami for someone else, adding that his slain brother is a \u201cdisabled person who is unable to get away on foot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Department of Internal Police Investigations (DIPI), which probes police officers on suspicion of criminal offenses, launched an investigation into the lethal shooting.<\/p>\n
The Border Police officer who allegedly shot the man was interrogated Saturday and barred from setting foot in police facilities for two weeks, a DIPI spokesman told The Times of Israel.<\/p>\n
The lethal shooting sparked condemnation among Arab community leaders and politicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce again, \u2018we felt our lives were at risk,\u2019 and once again, an Arab citizen was killed by police gunfire,\u201d said Ra\u2019am MK Waleed Alhawashla. \u201cWhen the finger is too quick on the trigger against Arab citizens, the same routine version [of events] also comes too quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\t The lawmaker demanded the officers\u2019 body camera footage be released. \u201cThe public demands truthful answers, not automatic backing [of officers],\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n Since the start of 2026, four Arab citizens have been killed by police gunfire, according to the Abraham Initiatives organization. A total of 12 Arab citizens were killed by police in 2025, a sharp rise from the prior two years, which saw one and seven shot and killed by law enforcement, respectively.<\/p>\n In early January, DIPI investigators launched a probe into several officers on suspicion of shooting a man dead during a midnight raid in Tarabin al-Sana, then destroying the evidence. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n Last week, police officers in Beersheba reportedly attacked, arrested and broke the nose of an Arab Israeli public prosecutor alongside two of his relatives after entering their apartment over a noise complaint.<\/p>\n Police accused Na\u2019ameh of assaulting officers, but body camera footage released Friday appeared to contradict this, instead showing police pouncing on the lawyer seconds after he opened the door.<\/p>\n
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