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Israeli security services accused Palestinian militant groups for a series of bomb attacks in the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv and increased concern about the safety of public transport services in the country.
According to videos published by Israeli media show three buses that were parked in separate songs Tel Aviv.
Security services disarmed at least one bomb, also on the Bat Yam bus. It is not clear whether this bus was parked or in operation, but the Ministry of Transport ordered all public transport to stop so that the vehicles could be swept for explosive facilities after the first launch around 21:00 local time.
No victims were reported, but the mayor of Bat Yam, the so -called Brot, told TV crews that it was a “miracle”, no one was injured.
Defense Minister Israel Katz accused militants of the West Bank for attacks and ordered the army to strengthen up Operation in the occupied territory. The Israeli army is working to determine how many suspects were involved in planting the device.
“I ordered Israel's defensive forces to increase the intensity of activity to thwart terrorism in the refugee camp in Tulkarem and in general in refugee camps in Judea and Samaria,” he said in a statement using the biblical name for the West Bank.
Bombing of buses were Repetitive function Palestinian-Israeli conflict for decades, especially during the second Intifada, or uprising, 2000-05. Most of them were accused of suicide bombers from Hamas and other Islamist groups.
The Israeli media quoted an unnamed source of security when it claimed that the bombing was intended for Friday morning rush, but instead it could have been mistakenly set at 21:00.
Buses and public transport across the country were stopped and vehicles were searched. The police announced that a disability bomb weighed five kilograms.
Over the past few months, the Israeli army has carried out extensive raids in refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarem and other Palestinian cities on the northern west bank. Operations moved about 40,000 people
According to local officials, hundreds of Palestinians were killed on the West Bank since October 7, 2023, when the conflict broke out in Gaza after being killed during 1200 people Hamas's attack on Israel.
IDF intensified operations on the West Bank because last month in Gaza seized a preliminary ceasefire.
“Prime minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu perceives the incident of placing bombs on bus with great seriousness and orders a strong action, ”his spokesman said.
It seems that no group immediately accepts responsibility for planting bombs, although the so -called tulkarem battalion Hamas's military wing issued a statement on its telegram channel and said, “We will never forget to take revenge for our martyrs if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is , if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is It is occupied if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is, if the occupation is if the occupation is if the occupation is on our countries. ”
Busting of buses has become less common in recent years. The latest were the bomb attacks at the bus stops in Jerusalem in November 2022, when two people were killed.
