Israeli police said that explosions rocked several buses in the central Israeli city of Bat Yam on Thursday evening in what they described as a “suspected terror attack,” without giving any immediate reports of injuries.
“Preliminary reports suspected a terror attack. Multiple reports have been received of explosions involving several buses at different locations in Bat Yam,” the police said in a statement, adding that they were looking for suspects. Also according to the police, three bombs exploded and two were defused. Israeli media reported that the buses were empty and at a standstill.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Thursday evening that he had ordered the army to intensify its operations in the occupied West Bank, after several bombs hit buses in central Israel.
“In light of the serious attempted attacks in (the region of) Gush Dan by Palestinian terrorist organizations against the civilian population in Israel, I have ordered the army to intensify operations to combat terrorism in the Tulkarem refugee camp and in all refugee camps in Judea and Samaria,” Katz said in a statement, using the biblical term for the West Bank, territory occupied by Israel since 1967. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
With AFP
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