A 36-year-old man was seriously injured in a violent incident near Shefa-Amr; police are investigating the background

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A 36-year-old man was seriously injured and is in unstable condition in a violent incident on Route 79 near Shefa-Amr. MDA paramedics provided him with life-saving initial treatment and evacuated him to Rambam hospital, where he is being treated for penetrating wounds to his body.

The incident was a stabbing on Route 79 near Shefa-Amr in the Lower Galilee. The circumstances of the incident are being examined.

Police opened an investigation into the stabbing of the seriously injured man, and the background to the incident is being examined. Police said the background to the incident appears to be criminal, and the condition of the victim remains serious and unstable.