Three buses exploded on Thursday night at Tel Aviv parking lots, raising doubts about attempted, coordinated terrorist attack and encouraging the Israeli authorities to stop all buses and trains across the country. There were no injuries reported.
Following the explosion, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahua said in a statement that he had sent an army to perform a “huge operation” on the west coast, targeting militant centers and ordering the police and intelligence forces to reinforce preventative measures in Israeli cities to prevent any subsequent attempts at the attack.
Three buses were parked in various warehouses in Bat Yama, a city south of Tel Aviv, said the mayor of the city, the mayor of the city. Unsploded bombs were also found in parking lots in the nearby town of Holon, the mayor noted.
Mr. Brot said he ordered additional security patrols throughout Bat Yama. “The city will remain on high readiness throughout the weekend,” he added. “However, the city’s routine continues as usual. Tomorrow or any other activity has no change in school.”
Ofir Karni, Dan Bus Company Director, told Israeli news that the last passenger in one of the buses that exploded had noticed a suspicious bag in the back seat and warned the driver. They walked into the warehouse, got off the bus and exploded after they left, he added.
A series of explosions in central Israel came to what was already a difficult day for the Israelites and for the painful truce of the land with Hamas.
Four coffins stated that they contain hostage remainsIncluding two children who were trapped from a community near the Gaza border, October 7, 2023, an attack under the leadership of Hamas, were released and returned to burial on Thursday. But the Israeli army said early Friday that only three bodies belonged to hostages that were supposed to be handed over.
One of the bodies he received could not be identified, it was said, adding that he did not belong to Shiri Bibas – the mother of two children who handed over – and did not match the identity of any other hostage. The army called the question “violating the greatest severity” of the terms of fire.
Attempts to bus attacks around Tel Aviv, for which no one has taken over direct responsibility yet, could also undermine the efforts of the mediator to get an Israel and a militant group to negotiate the next phase of the fire interruption.
Since the end of January, the Israeli army has been conducting intense raids on the Israeli western coast, saying that he is trying to eradicate Hamas and other militant groups.
Operations in several west coast cities have displaced approximately 40,000 Palestinians From their homes, making it the greatest displacement of civilians in the territory of the Arab-Israeli war in 1967, according to historians and researchers.
The army destroyed the houses and cracked the roads In what is said is an effort to detect improvised explosive devices. Operations killed dozens of Palestinians, according to Israeli and Palestinian authorities.
Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army to step up and surgery in refugee camps on the west coast in response to an attack on Thursday.
“We will persecute after the terrorist and destroy the terrorist infrastructure – who provides a terror cover will pay a great price,” he said in a statement.
On the western coast of the Hamas military wing, the Qassam Brigade, issued a statement that seems to praise the explosion but did not expressly take responsibility for them.
The Israeli army announced in a statement late on Thursday that he was working with intelligence authorities and police at the Bat Yama Incident. It said the “enhanced antique activity” on the west coast continued and blocked the entry into certain parts of the territory “accordingly”.
Bus and trains services in Israel will remain paused until the police and intelligence authorities provide directives that may continue, the Ministry of Transport states.
Johnatan Reiss,, Fatima Abdulkarim,, Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman contribute to reporting.
