August 2024 Tel Aviv suicide bombing
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Tel Aviv suicide bombing | |
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Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
Date | August 18, 2024 |
Attack type | Suicide bomber |
Deaths | 0 civilians + 1 bomber |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Jafar Muna; Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad both claimed responsibility |
Participant | 1 |
On 18 August 2024, a Palestinian terrorist blew himself up in Tel Aviv, injuring 1 person.
Attack
[edit]The attack happened on Lehi Street, near a synagogue; it is suspected that the explosion was caused by a botched bomb.[1]
Reactions
[edit]Israel Police identified Jafar Muna as the bomber.[2]
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad both claimed responsibility.[3] Both groups have threatened more bombings.[4]
Yahya Ayyash, the Hamas engineer responsible for bringing suicide bombings to the forefront of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular and Islamic terrorism in general, was trending on Arab social media following the attack.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/deadly-bomb-blast-tel-aviv-was-terrorist-attack-israeli-police-say-2024-08-19/
- ^ https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkkv3l4sc
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/world/middleeast/tel-aviv-bomb-hamas.html
- ^ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/08/20/after-tel-aviv-bombing-hamas-and-palestinian-islamic-jihad-threaten-further-attacks-in-israel_6718720_4.html
- ^ https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-08-20/ty-article/.premium/the-engineer-yahya-ayyash-trends-as-hamas-threatens-more-suicide-attacks/00000191-700e-dab0-a9b7-f41ebf440000
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