A woman was shot and killed overnight in Lod, just hours after a bus driver from East Jerusalem was gunned down while driving home from Holon in apparently unrelated incidents.
The victim from Lod is Anwaar al-Baz, a woman in her 40s. Paramedics found her in her home at around 1 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Kan public broadcaster reports that she was shot in a suspected so-called honor killing, but police have not elaborated on the circumstances. There have been no reports of arrests.
A few hours earlier, a bus driver from East Jerusalem was gunned down in Holon, south of Tel Aviv, just as Iran launched a volley of missiles toward central Israel.
According to Hebrew outlets, 36-year-old Murad Shweiki finished his shift at the city’s bus terminal and began driving home, only to be shot at an intersection as air raid sirens went off in the city.
Police reportedly believe the man was deliberately targeted in an ambush. He had no criminal record, according to Kan. No arrests have been reported.
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