Twist in the Ashkelon shooting affair: The prime minister's vehicle was released - and the suspicion moved on
The police released the government vehicle that was in the possession of Boaz Assayag, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's drivers, after it was examined as part of the investigation into the shooting in Ashkelon. Meanwhile, the assessment strengthened that Assayag's son, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident, was not involved in the shooting itself, and the suspicion shifted to another suspect who was arrested later.
The police released the government vehicle that was in the possession of Boaz Assayag, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's drivers, after it was examined as part of the investigation into the shooting in Ashkelon. Meanwhile, the assessment strengthened that Assayag's son, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident, was not involved in the shooting itself. At the time of the incident, Assayag's son was driving the vehicle, and he was also arrested and later released. Along with him, three other individuals known to the police were in the vehicle, and they too were arrested and released. As the investigation progressed, the police assessment strengthened that Assayag's son was not involved in carrying out the shooting, and that another suspect, who was arrested later, is suspected of involvement. Already in the hearing regarding the son, the court determined that the evidence against him at this stage is weak and circumstantial. Investigators are now examining the son's version, according to which he picked up the other individuals as hitchhikers in the vehicle entrusted to him by his father. The vehicle was seized shortly after the incident, after it arrived at the Erez checkpoint area with four suspects inside. A search revealed an airsoft gun, a police identification hat, and firecrackers.