Failed Suicide Bombing Attempt Rocks Tel Aviv

August 19, 2024

by: JNS

Monday, 19 August 2024 | A local police commander said on Monday morning that it is “99%” certain that a deadly bombing in south Tel Aviv the previous night was a failed terrorist attack, calling it a “miracle” that there were not mass casualties.

Ayalon District Police Commander Haim Bublil told Kan News Radio that “it is possible that the assailant planned to reach the nearby synagogue or perhaps the shopping center. We have no ability to understand why [the bomb] exploded at this point in time.”

According to reports, an explosive device went off on Lehi Road near a truck around 8 p.m. As a result of the blast, a man around the age of 50 carrying the bomb in his backpack was killed and a 33-year-old man passing by on an electric scooter was moderately wounded.

Paramedics declared the bomb-carrier dead at the scene, and the wounded man was taken to a local hospital.

“The scene here speaks for itself. It is a powerful charge that could have caused significant damage. We are in a kind of miracle that the incident did not end in dozens of deaths,” said Bublil.

The Israel Security Agency [ISA] internal security service is involved in the investigation into the incident.

Police spokesman Eli Levy also confirmed to Kan News that there is a high probably the incident was an attempted terrorist attack.

“A great miracle happened here. It’s a very serious incident that was investigated by the police and the ISA,” he said.

Posted on August 19, 2024

Source: (This article was originally published by the Jewish News Syndicate on August 19, 2024. Time-related language has been modified to reflect our republication today. See original article at this link.)

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