Ahmad Abu Njem, an activist who was trying to set up a committee to bring about reconciliation between violent warring groups in his hometown of Jaffa, became the victim of a shooting by an unknown source. He was killed and a relative was injured on Jan. 24 when the assailant shot them at close range and then escaped. This crime brings the number of Palestinian citizens in Israel who were killed so far during 2021 — as a result of violent crimes within the Green Line — to six.
From 2000-2020, the number of crime-related deaths reached 1,518. The year 2020 itself witnessed a record 106 such deaths — 12 more than 2019, which held the previous record with 94 mortalities. In the 20 years since the turn of the millennium, only 64 Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli security forces during various attempts to put down protests.
