Hamas Claims Tel Aviv Blast as Attempted Suicide Bombing

Stand for Israel | August 19, 2024

Security and rescue forces at the scene of an explosive device explosion in southern Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90 — Security and rescue forces at the scene of an explosive device explosion in southern Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The terror group Hamas says they vow to carry out more attacks and claimed responsibility for this weekend’s explosion in Tel Aviv. The bombing killed the man responsible and injured a passerby, reports The Times of Israel:

The Hamas terror group on Monday claimed responsibility for an explosion in Tel Aviv the day before, saying it was a suicide bombing conducted as a joint operation with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and vowing further such attacks…

In its statement, Hamas said that it had carried out the attack along with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad — another Gaza-based terror group — and warned that suicide bombings would continue in response to Israeli attacks.

The attack comes as Israel and Hamas are attempting to negotiate a hostage release and truce deal through intermediaries to end the Gaza war that started when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel on October 7, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.