A few years before the word "abandonment" earned its tragic popularity after October 7, when the government and military were accused by many Israelis of abandoning their citizens, Yakub Abu al-Kiyan died after being shot in his car dozens of times by police officers. It happened during an operation to demolish homes in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, in the northern Negev, in the early hours of January 18, 2017..