The Zioneer releases dramatic rescue footage from the scene of a car bomb in Jaffa on Sunday that killed Iyad Gharb, 38, and lightly wounded his 6-year-old son. Police continue to investigate a possible link to a revenge killing last Thursday.
The Zioneer has released dramatic rescue footage from Sunday's car bomb in Jaffa that killed Iyad Gharb, 38, and lightly wounded his 6-year-old son. The clip, published at 21:25 Jerusalem, shows emergency responders extracting the child from the vehicle and treating the wounded at the scene. This release comes after police earlier confirmed a half-kilogram explosive device was placed under the car, and the Tel Aviv District investigative unit is probing a suspected link to a revenge killing on Thursday in which a 17-year-old was shot dead.
As The Zioneer reported at 07:30 Jerusalem on Sunday, the initial explosion on S'haron Street in Jaffa killed a man and wounded a child described in early coverage as a six-year-old. Subsequent reports — all timestamped Sun 07:30 Jerusalem — identified the victim as Iyad Gharb (38) and specified that his son was in the vehicle on the way to school. The child was first reported rescued alive by 07:30 Jerusalem, with his condition updated from 'light' to 'moderate and stable' as he was treated at Wolfson Medical Center. Police coverage progressed from confirming a criminal investigation to naming Gharb and linking the bombing to a revenge killing of a 17-year-old on Thursday.
As The Zioneer reported at 10:26 Jerusalem on Sunday, the revenge killing on Thursday involved a 17-year-old — later named Ahmed Jabari in Hebrew reporting — who was shot dead. Police are examining whether the Jaffa car bomb was a retaliatory act in an ongoing family feud.
No arrests have been reported; the investigation into the explosion and its wider context remains open.
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