Car explosion, shootings kill four in separate crime incidents in central Israel

A car explosion killed a 38-year-old man and a six-year-old child in Jaffa on Sunday morning. A Saturday night crime-motivated shooting killed a 20-year-old, and two were killed in Kalanswa on Sunday morning, police said

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165 Killed in 2026

A car explosion killed a 38-year-old man and a six-year-old child in Jaffa on Sunday morning. A Saturday night crime-motivated shooting killed a 20-year-old, and two were killed in Kalanswa on Sunday morning, police said

11:08 AM • June 28 2026 IDT

A 38-year-old man was killed Sunday morning and a six-year-old moderately wounded in a car explosion in central Jaffa, an Israeli city with mixed Jewish and Arab population near Tel Aviv. Three other people were fatally shot in central Israel's Taibeh and Kalansua, bringing the total number of people killed in Israel since the start of 2026 to 165.

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