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Vehicle registered to Prime Minister's Office targeted by gunfire in Ashkelon

A vehicle registered to the Prime Minister's Office was shot at in Ashkelon in what police suspect was an attempted assassination targeting the son of a crime figure. The car was identified by authorities as belonging to a driver for the prime minister. Details regarding casualties or suspects remain unconfirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • google-alertsIsraeli
  • jpostPMO
2 differing positions reported on status across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • google-alertsshot at
  • jpostattempted
WhereAshkelon
31.669, 34.572 ±10 km
First reported20 days ago
Published2026-10-05 19:27 UTC
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports7Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Vehicle registered to Prime Minister's Office targeted by gunfire in Ashkelon. 2026-10-05T19:27:25.699Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4742. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-05/vehicle-registered-to-pmo-shot-at-in-attempted-assassination-of-9eb2a8bc

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