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One person was killed and another moderately injured in an explosion in Tel Aviv – Israel News

Police confirmed on Monday that Sunday evening's explosion in Tel Aviv was a failed terrorist attack, Israeli media reported.

The terrorist came from the West Bank, Israeli media added.

On Monday morning, Haim Bobalil, police commander of Tel Aviv's Ayalon district, said that police had assessed the attack as a terrorist threat. “It was a miracle that it didn't explode in the nearest synagogue or shopping center. There could have been dozens of deaths.”

“The emergency center received dozens of calls reporting a loud explosion and body parts scattered on Lehi Street,” said Perez Ammar, district commander in the center, at around 8 p.m. He added that when police forces arrived at the scene, they noticed “a mutilated body and traces of an explosion on the wall.”

The police initially stated that they had “difficulty identifying the body,” but then said that the person killed was “not an innocent civilian, but the person who was carrying the explosive device. It is not yet possible to say whether this is a criminal or terrorist incident,” Amer stressed.

Documentation of the explosion in Tel Aviv (Source: via Maariv)

Magen David Adom (MDA) medics said they found an unconscious body with numerous systemic injuries and later pronounced him dead.

Emergency services at the site of the explosion in Tel Aviv. August 18, 2024. (Source: Via Maariv)

In addition, a 33-year-old man was moderately injured. MDA paramedics provided him with medical treatment and took him to Sourasky Medical Center with shrapnel injuries to his limbs and chest.

Several options examined

Large police forces and the Shin Bet (Israeli domestic intelligence agency) were also on the scene. The circumstances of the incident are currently under investigation as all possibilities are being considered, including a criminal incident or a terrorist attack.

MDA paramedic Nitzan Faraj said: “We were called to the scene because citizens had heard a loud explosion. When we arrived, we saw that the truck was burning and next to it a man of about 50 years old was lying unconscious with severe injuries to several organs. After the medical tests, he had no pulse and we could only declare him dead on the spot.”



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