A young Palestinian man from the West Bank was killed by known assailants in the Negev town of Lakiya on Wednesday morning.

Majid Faisel Dais, 19, from Yatta, south of Hebron, was reportedly stabbed to death while he was sleeping, according to the Hebrew news site Ynet. 

The incident happened hours after four people were shot dead in Abu Snan, as crime-related homicides in the Arab community inside Israel continue unchecked. 

Israeli police said they have opened an investigation into the incident.