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Gas explosion at Be'er Ya'akov restaurant wounds two

The Zioneer Intelligence DeskUpdated 20:11
Gas explosion at Be'er Ya'akov restaurant wounds two

Primary source Internal intake · 4 reviewed intake signals · Desk window 19:47–20:11

TL;DR

A gas cylinder exploded inside a restaurant in Be'er Ya'akov at 19:20, according to MDA. Medics treated and evacuated a 42-year-old man in moderate condition with upper-body burns, and another person with minor injuries.

01 · THE DISPATCH

At 19:20 Jerusalem, MDA's Ayalon district received a report of a gas cylinder explosion at a restaurant in the central Israel town of Be'er Ya'akov. MDA paramedics treated and evacuated a 42-year-old man in moderate condition with burns to his upper body to Shamir-Asaf HaRofeh Hospital, together with one additional wounded person in mild condition. The incident follows a similar gas explosion earlier this evening in the same area, reported by MDA at 19:42 — the current bulletin adds precise time of the initial report (19:20), the specific venue ('restaurant'), and the hospital identified. No further casualties have been reported.

02 · How it developed

3 developments

  1. Latest

    Location identified as Be'er Ya'akov; 42-year-old man moderately wounded with burns.

  2. The number of wounded has risen to three

  3. Gas cylinder explosion at Be'er Ya'akov restaurant wounds two

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03 · Source and signal

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