MDA paramedics and an IDF medical team pronounced the death of a 35-year-old man following a serious collision between two private vehicles on Route 317 near the Maon settlement.

Five others were evacuated to Soroka Hospital: a 7-year-old child and a 35-year-old woman, both in serious condition, a 63-year-old man in moderate condition, and two additional victims around 60 years old who were lightly injured.