A West Bank Palestinian man who was staying in Israel illegally was shot dead overnight Wednesday in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm, and police said they were investigating the shooting as a suspected gangland killing.

Medics who arrived at the scene declared the man dead.

The Ynet news site identified him as Mahmoud Issa Alfar, 31, from Tulkarem in the West Bank.

Alfar worked in a bakery, and the gunmen were looking for a different target, according to the unsourced report, which did not say why Alfar was shot instead.

According to the report, the shooting was part of a feud between organized crime groups that has already cost the lives of more than 40 people.

It came amid a wave of deadly violence in Israel’s Arab society, which has continued to grow........

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