Field updates Yesterday, a citizen was shot dead in a family dispute, south of Hebron, where firearms were used. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses its deep concern and emphasizes the importance of conducting a serious investigation into the incident, as well as releasing the results publicly and pursuing the necessary legal proceedings.According to PCHR’s fieldworker, on Saturday, 24 July 2021, a family dispute over property broke out in Mothalath Abu Ali area between Yatta and As Samu’ villages, south of Hebron. Firearms were used in the family dispute; as a result, Nabil Mohammed Isma’el Abu Ali (52) was hit with several bullets and taken to al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, who was announced dead as soon as he was admitted at the emergency department. Afterwards, the Palestinian security services headed to the scene.Loay Izreiqat, spokesperson of the Palestinian Police, said that the Public Prosecution has initiated the investigation and search procedures and ordered to keep the dead body in custody in order to refer it to the Forensic Medicine Institute for autopsy and identifying the death cause.PCHR condemns this crime and is deeply concerned over the ongoing occurrence of incidents of proliferation of weapons, and condemns the use of firearms in personal and family disputes, which jeopardizes the right to life, rule of law and Palestinian civil peace.PCHR calls upon the Palestinian Authority to take all the serious measures to put an end to the state of proliferation of weapons, including promptly imposing the rule of law, in order to maintain civil peace in light of the lately spiking homicides.