Report: Blast on Tel Aviv bus

[Gimel]

A explosion was heard at around 7 A.M. Sunday on Tel Aviv's Har Zion Street, close to the central bus station. An initial investigation suggested that the blast, caused by a small device, was a terror attack.

Army Radio reported that one person was critically hurt in the blast, and around a dozen were moderately or lightly injured.

The head of emergency medical services Yossi Cohen in Tel Aviv told Israel radio that it was possible that the explosion went off at a bus station - next to, and not on, the bus. Some of the passengers aboard the bus, which was on the Tel Aviv-Bat Yam route, were among the injured.

Magen David Adom emergency services said most of the injured were only slightly wounded. Four people have been evacuated to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, five to the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and three to the Tel Hashomer Medical Center in Ramat Gan.

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[JohnLocke]

1. Jeez.

Thank heaven no one died!

[DivinBreuvage]

2. Do suicide bombers still get to go to heaven if no one dies?

Despite the tone of the question I'm not asking this flippantly... does anyone know how the people who support this belief interpret such a case? I suppose the self-sacrifice is what really counts, but I wonder.

[Gimel]

3. They get

all the honors, even if they only kill themselves.

[number6]

8. no .... there headed to same place Bush and Sharon are

going :evilfrown: :evilgrin:

[Jack Rabbit]

9. Let's hope that place is . . .

. . . a secure prison after conviction by an internatinal tribunal for war crimes.

[number6]

10. that works for me

;) :hi:

[Scurrilous]

4. Explosion rocks bus stop in Tel Aviv: Woman killed, 21 injured

http://www.maarivenglish.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=9624

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Attack occurred on Shderot Har Zion Blvd in the southern part of the city. MDA evacuated casualties to three hospitals in region. Police: Bomb detonated just as bus left station.

"An explosion rocked a bus stop in Tel Aviv this (Sunday) morning on Shderot Har Zion Blvd. One woman was killed in the presumed terror attack, at least 21 people were injured, four of them are in moderate to serious condition and the rest lightly injured.

MDA ambulances evacuated the injured to Ichilov Hospital, Wolfson Hospital and the medical center at Tel Ha’shomer.

According to Tel Aviv police chief Yossi Sedbon, “At this stage we believe that the bombing was a terror attack. There weren’t any specific alerts. The explosive device wasn’t large – it was planted on the floor between shrubs just as Dan bus number 26 left the station."

[Gimel]

5. One death from the attack

Tel Aviv police chief Yossi Sedbon told Army Radio that evidence suggested Palestinian militants planted the device, which went off during morning rush hour.

"This was not a suicide bomber but a device planted next to the bus station in a bunch of weeds," Sedbon told Israel Radio.

A police spokesman said that the device was apparently planted in bushes adjacent to a bus station, and was detonated as the bus was leaving the station. The spokesman added that the device did not contain metal pieces, usually packed tightly around bombs to maximize their impact.

Update

[Jack Rabbit]

6. BBC Link

From the BBC Online
Dated Sunday July 11 05:59 GMT (Saturday 10:59 pm PDT)

Tel Aviv hit by rush hour blast

One person has been killed and at least 14 others injured in an explosion in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
The blast happened next to a bus stop in Har Zion Street at about 0700 local time (0400GMT), during the rush hour.
Tel Aviv's police chief Yossi Sedbon said the explosion was caused by a "device" and was not the work of a suicide bomber.
The militant Palestinian group, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, has reportedly said it carried out the attack.

Read more. The link will automatically update as facts come in to the BBC,

[JohnLocke]

7. One guy died

[Gimel]

11. A 19 year old woman

IDF soldier died in the blast.