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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Troops raiding area where Tel Aviv bomb attack thought to have originated
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Israeli police at the scene of a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, August 18, 2024. Police later said the incident was an attempted suicide bombing in which the bomber blew himself up. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod)
Troops taking part in the IDF’s large-scale raid in the West Bank are operating in an area from which an attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv was launched last week, military sources say.
The military believes that a terror network that planned and directed the intended attack is based in the Tulkarem area.
The bomber was named by Hamas as Jaafar Mona, from the West Bank city of Nablus. He was killed when a bomb in his backpack exploded prematurely as he walked down a Tel Aviv sidewalk. One passerby was injured.
The Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups claimed responsibility for the attack on August 18, although did not offer any proof.
