At least one person was killed and two seriously injured in a car explosion in Kiryat Yam, near Haifa, on Wednesday night, a Rambam Health Care Campus spokesperson confirmed.
A 30-year-old man and a boy, approximately 13 years old, were taken to the hospital in serious condition, suffering from multi-system injuries, the hospital stated.
The man who was killed was approximately 40 years old, according to a Magen David Adom paramedic who was at the scene.
The paramedics arrived, seeing a vehicle emitting smoke and three injured people lying near it. The 40-year-old was taken to a mobile intensive care vehicle, and despite undergoing CPR while in transit to the hospital, was declared dead by responders.
The nature of the explosion remains unclear at this time.
This is a developing story.