"Lod Mayor Yair Revivo decried Israelis’ apathy amid a series of killings and violent incidents, after a mother and one of her 14-year-old twin daughters were shot dead late Monday night in the central city. The surviving twin was seriously injured in the attack and is being treated in the hospital.
The mother, 34, was identified as Manar Hajaj. She and one of the teenagers, Khadra, were critically injured in the shooting and later died of their wounds.
Police launched an investigation into the killings, the latest in an unrelenting crime wave gripping Israel’s Arab communities. Investigators said the shooting could be linked to a disagreement involving Hajaj’s husband, but that was only an initial assessment.
“There continues to be a crazy wave of violence raging in this country, especially in the Arab community, and I am sorry to say this, but the country is not waking up,” Revivo told the Ynet news site at the scene of the shooting.
“If this number of murders were in the Jewish community, the country would come to a standstill,” he said.“This is a violation of the security of all the residents of the country — Jews and Arabs alike — and what infuriates and makes my blood boil is that these vile killers have no inhibitions. It is not about criminals who kill criminals, but people who are helpless and incapable of defending themselves, and it is simply terrible,” Revivo said".