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Thursday, February 20, 2025
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Thursday, February 20, 2025
Terror suspected after 2 buses explode in parking lots in Tel Aviv suburb; nobody hurt
A bus goes up in flames after an explosion at a parking lot in Bat Yam, February 20, 2025. (Fire and Rescue Service)
Two empty buses explode simultaneously in two parking lots in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam, police say, adding that the incident is a suspected attempt at a combined terror bombing.
There are no casualties.
The Bat Yam Municipality reportedly says, “miraculously, the buses arrived at the parking lots a moment before the explosion.”
Reports say the Shin Bet is involved in the investigation and that all buses in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area have been told to conduct searches of the vehicles.
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