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A 24-year-old resident of Netanya was stabbed to death Wednesday before dawn during a fight that took place in the city center.
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The man was evacuated by Magen David Adom paramedics to Laniado Hospital in moderate to serious condition after being mixed up in a street brawl on Prof. Shor Street. He succumbed to his wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly thereafter.
Police arrested two suspects, aged 22 and 35, also residents of Netanya, in connection with the death. An initial investigation revealed that the stabbing was related to a conflict between three students of a nearby kolel yeshiva. Police have ruled out any connection between the stabbing and recent conflicts between noted crime families in the city.
The three men involved were known to police from past incidents.
Witnesses to the altercation said they heard the suspects telling the victim that "what you did was not Jewish.