A man was killed Tuesday afternoon when a vehicle exploded and caught fire on Achi Eilat Street in Kiryat Haim, according to Magen David Adom. Police are investigating whether the blast was a criminal act or an accident.
A man was killed Tuesday afternoon when a car bomb exploded on Achi Eilat Street in the Kiryat Haim neighborhood of Haifa. Magen David Adom received the call at 15:58 and paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene with severe multisystem injuries. Police are investigating the blast as a possible criminal act; initial assessments lean toward a criminal motive, according to Israeli media. The road was closed to traffic as investigators collected evidence.
The explosion is the latest in a sequence of events The Zioneer has tracked since 16:01 Jerusalem, when the first reports described a car exploding on Ahyat Street with fire and rescue crews responding. Within minutes, casualty estimates escalated: at 16:01, initial reports cited one critically wounded and another seriously wounded; by the same timestamp, the first fatality was confirmed. Later versions updated that the victim was identified as a criminal figure, and the device was determined to have been attached to the vehicle. At 16:37 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported paramedics' confirmation of the death at the scene. Witnesses cited in a separate article said the driver 'blew up while driving.'
The incident follows a similar fatal car bombing in Holon three days ago, which police are also investigating as a possible criminal attack, as The Zioneer reported at 14:32 Jerusalem on Sunday.
No other injuries were reported. The specific motive and whether the victim was deliberately targeted remain under investigation.
9 developments
- StrongMDA footage shows scene of Kiryat Haim vehicle explosion; criminal probe continues
- StrongHaifa overnight: Driver killed, one critically wounded in single-vehicle crash
- DevelopingArab-sector crime death toll rises to 142, Abraham Initiatives reports
- StrongAssassination suspected in Haifa; victim linked to major northern crime family
Source and signal
- Internal intake