Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael SecurityPolice said the shooting was criminally motivated, and that the victim was a known drug trafficker; a 29-year-old man was lightly woundedShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeEden Solomonand Josh Breiner02:40 AM • August 02 2026 IDTA man in his 40s was shot dead Saturday evening in the southern Israeli city of Netivot in what police said was a criminally motivated shooting.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel drugsIsrael policeIsrael crimeCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahuU.S.-IranGaza DealPolymarket BetsMichigan primaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastMan in His 40s Shot Dead in Southern Israel; Israel's Homicide Toll Reaches 185Gideon Levy Is Wrong. Israel's Left Can't Afford to Give Up on the Democrats14 Sde Teiman Soldiers Sentenced to 30 Days in Prison After Unauthorized WalkoutIsraeli Hip-hop Loves the Sound of Resistance, but Not When Palestinians ResistBefore Israelis Lecture Spain, They Should Look in the MirrorRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitAl Jazeera Reportedly Ends Contracts of Over 20 Gazan JournalistsThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderTrump's Irritation, Netanyahu's Desperation: Oval Office Smiles Mask Rifts