Man injured in Holon car blast dies of his wounds; 5th homicide since midnight

Police and rescue forces at the scene where a car exploded in a suspected assassination attempt, in Holon, June 28, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Police and rescue forces at the scene where a car exploded in a suspected assassination attempt, in Holon, June 28, 2026 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

A man injured in a car blast in Holon has died of his wounds, after medics took him to the hospital in unstable condition.

He is the fifth person to be killed in a violent incident in Israel since midnight.

The victim, a man in his 30s, is the second person to be killed today in a vehicle explosion, after a similar incident in Jaffa left a man dead and moderately wounded his six-year-old son. No arrests have been made in connection to either incident.

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