The killing of 34-year-old Alaa Marei in the Galilee town of Fureidis has taken the death toll of Palestinian citizens of Israel in crime-related homicides to 123 for the year so far. 

Marei, who was the assistant to the head of the local council in Fureidis, was shot dead in the early hours of Thursday morning.

On Thursday, in the city of Tira, 25-year-old Samer Azzam Nasser was also shot dead.

According to Makan, the Arabic-language branch of Israeli public broadcaster, seven Palestinians have been killed in the crimewave since Tuesday.