'Human life is cheap': Family of victims in Arab society blames government for murder spike

Relatives of Suwar Abbas and Odai Faraj Sha'ban, an engaged couple murdered on Tuesday, say the killing stemmed from Sha'ban's brother's ties to a crime group in northern Israel. 'We've reached a point that's hard to comprehend. People are afraid to send their children even to a nearby grocery store

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Relatives of Suwar Abbas and Odai Faraj Sha'ban, an engaged couple murdered on Tuesday, say the killing stemmed from Sha'ban's brother's ties to a crime group in northern Israel. 'We've reached a point that's hard to comprehend. People are afraid to send their children even to a nearby grocery store'

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Deiaa Haj Yahia

11:33 AM • April 24 2026 IDT

It was only on Saturday that Suwar Abbas and Odai Faraj Sha'ban became engaged, standing at the threshold of a new and shared chapter in their lives. But that chapter never began. On Tuesday, they were shot and killed in their car in the industrial zone on the outskirts of the Druze village of Yarka in northern Israel.

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