A 60-year-old Arab man was killed in a shooting that also injured a woman and a child in the central Israeli city of Lod late Saturday night — the fourth such murder in about 48 hours, as a deadly crime wave grips Israel’s Arab communities.

Iran PressMiddle East: The three Palestinian Arabs were sitting in a vehicle in the city when the shooting occurred at around 11:00 pm, according to reports in the Israeli media.

The man, a resident of the Aram-majority town of al-Tira in central occupied Palestine, was critically wounded and later died of his injuries at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center in Be’er Ya’akov.

The woman and child, of unknown age, were being treated for light injuries, according to the reports.

The Zionist Regime's police said they launched an investigation into the shooting and were looking for suspects.

On Friday, two Palestinian Arab descent men were shot dead in two separate incidents, and a man in his 30s was killed in a shooting on Thursday night.

Sati Gerzozi, 56, was shot dead in the northern town of Rameh on Friday evening.

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