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Ex-Partner’s Threats Revealed Before Leah Malka’s Fatal Car Bombing in Israel
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First reported by Ynet · Jun 29, 2026
What happened
Leah Malka was killed by a car bomb in June after months of threatening messages from her ex-partner Chen Cohen, who was recently released to house arrest. The indictment reveals a pattern of threats amid a custody dispute, and the family accuses police of failing to act on prior warnings.
- 01Leah Malka was killed by a car bomb on June 4 near Holon, Israel.
- 02Ex-partner Chen Cohen was arrested and later released to house arrest amid ongoing investigation.
- 03Cohen allegedly sent dozens of threatening messages over three months before the murder.
- 04Threats targeted Leah, her parents, and related to a custody dispute over their daughter.
- 05Family claims they warned police about the threats months before the killing.
- 06Prosecution filed three counts of threats against Chen Cohen.
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