ISRAEL - Three empty buses have exploded on the southern edge of Tel Aviv in what Israeli police say is a "suspected terror attack". It happened in an area where the buses were parked in the city of Bat Yam on Thursday night.
There were no casualties.
Devices on two other buses failed to explode, police said. Local media reported that one of these carried a message referring to "revenge" for a recent Israeli raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli military to carry out "an intensive operation against centres of terrorism" in the West Bank in response. Footage on social media showed at least one bus on fire, with a large plume of smoke rising above. Speaking shortly after the explosions, police spokesperson Aryeh Doron urged the public to be on alert for "every suspected bag or object".
