Man Killed in Car Explosion in Kiryat Gat | Footage from the Scene

Rescue forces were called to Rimon Street in the city following a report of a car on fire, and inside it a man's body was found. The police opened an investigation, suspicion: criminal assassination

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A man was found today (Thursday) lifeless inside a car that exploded and caught fire on Rimon Street in Kiryat Gat. The deceased is known to the police, who opened an investigation on suspicion of a criminal hit. Forces from the Southern District, including sappers and forensic investigators, were called to the scene and began collecting evidence. Watch footage of the car on fire:

Firefighters from Kiryat Gat station worked on site to extinguish the fire, prevent the spread of the fire, and search for trapped individuals. As a result of the fire, several nearby vehicles were damaged.

The report of the incident was received at 13:42 at the 101 center in the Lachish area. MDA teams that arrived at the scene secured the firefighting operations and later pronounced the man dead at the location. Emergency medical technician Aviad Benhamo from MDA recounted: "We received several reports of a car that exploded. We arrived at the scene and saw the car on fire. During the firefighters' operations we saw a man with no signs of life, and had to pronounce him dead on the spot".

Six days earlier Amad Agbariya, age 51, was killed in a car explosion near Moshav Mushayrifa on Road 65. His wife, who was sitting beside him in the car, was lightly injured. The investigation revealed it was a criminal assassination. That hit occurred after a series of explosive device detonations while driving. A week prior Leah Malka, age 35 from Rishon LeZion, was murdered by the explosion of a half-kilogram charge in a car on Ayalon lanes near Holon interchange. Leah's ex-partner was arrested and is suspected of murder.

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