Two killed, one injured in Lod shooting, police launch probe

Two people were killed and another was injured in a shooting in Lod on Friday afternoon.

Two of the Lod residents killed, according to Hebrew media, are a 10-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man. Another person, 28, was moderately injured.

The victims were evacuated to Shamir Medical Center in Be'er Yaacov by MDA paramedics, where medical professionals confirmed the death of the two younger victims. 

Israel Police launched an investigation into the incident and began searching for the perpetrator of the crime.

Magen David Adom statements on the incident

"This is a very serious incident and there was a lot of commotion in the place," Maariv quoted the MDA paramedics as saying. "We quickly put them in an intensive care unit and evacuated them urgently while they were being treated to the hospital when two of them were unconscious and the third injured, a man about 28 years old was in moderate condition."

The local police district commander stated at the end of a situation assessment that this was a serious and unusual act of severe violence, which will be investigated as a top priority given the current circumstances of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

This is a developing story.