A CAR carrying one of Israel’s top mafia kingpins exploded as it travelled in central Tel Aviv, killing him and threatening to unleash an all-out war in Israel’s increasingly violent underworld.

AN Israeli gangland bombing that initially raised fears of a Palestinian suicide attack killed three people and wounded more than 19 others yesterday at a money-changer’s shop on a busy Tel Aviv street.

At least two people were killed by a bomb blast in a money changer’s shop in the crowded business district of the Israel city of Tel Aviv today.