A woman and a man, both around 40 years old, were seriously injured in a traffic accident involving multiple vehicles on Route 4, near the Nitzanim junction in the Ashkelon area. In the accident, a man and a woman, both around 30 years old, were moderately injured and four others sustained minor injuries. Magen David Adom teams evacuated the eight injured to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon and Assuta Hospital in Ashdod.