Four people were killed within hours on Sunday in a spate of violence that hit the Arab Israeli community, including shootings and a car bombing in Jaffa that also wounded a six-year-old boy who was in the vehicle, police and medics said.

The deaths, attributed to gangland killings and family disputes, took the community’s toll this year to 141, according to a watchdog.

The violence began overnight when one person was killed and another seriously injured by gunfire in the central region Arab Israeli city of Taibe, according to a statement from Israel Police.

Officers were on the scene and began searching for suspects, the force said. Police said the motive was apparently a family dispute.

The Ynet news site identified the fatality as Bakhar Nuseirat, 19, and reported that he was shot at the entrance to his home, the same spot where his cousin had previously been gunned down.

According to the outlet, Nuseirat was arrested in 2025 on suspicion that he hired a hitman in connection with a homicide case in which his cousin, Moatasem Nuseirat, was killed over a land dispute. He was released due to a lack of evidence.

Hours later, on Sunday, at around 7:30 a.m., a man in his 40s was killed, and his six-year-old son was injured when a car bomb went off in their vehicle in Jaffa.

Ynet identified the man as Iyad Ra’ab.

Police said the incident was an organized crime killing that may be linked to a shooting last week in which a teen was killed.

Medics declared the........

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