An 18-year-old suspect was killed in a shootout with police in the Jawarish neighborhood of Ramle on Sunday night, according to emergency services.
A special task force established by the commander of the Central District, Avi Biton, entered the neighborhood in order to carry out a targeted raid. During the raid, the 18-year-old suspect was shot after allegedly shooting at police officers.
The suspect was transferred to Asaf Harofeh Medical Center in critical condition where he later succumbed to his wounds.
According to police, the suspect, reportedly a member of the Jarushi crime family, shot at the officers after another member of the crime family suspected of planting a bomb in a car was killed in a shootout with police earlier in the evening.
Two killed in car bombing, shootout
On Sunday evening, one person was killed and another person was seriously wounded after a car bomb detonated in a vehicle on Highway 40 near the town of Hatsav, south of Gedera, according to emergency services.
"I live in a nearby town and I immediately went to the scene," said Magen David Adom motorcycle medic Yonatan Yozef. "I saw a burned and crushed vehicle. A 37-year-old man was trapped in the driver's seat. He was unconscious and without signs of life, and within a short time we had to determine his death. A 33-year-old man was pulled out of the vehicle fully conscious with multiple systemic injuries, we gave him medical treatment and we evacuated him to the hospital while his condition was serious."
Shortly after the car bombing, police opened a manhunt for the suspects in the case, with a shootout breaking out between the officers and the suspects. One of the suspects was killed in the shootout, while the second suspect was apprehended while in serious condition.
The Kaplan Medical Center said it received three wounded persons from the car bombing and shootout, including one in serious but stable condition, one in stable condition, and one in very serious condition.